Comment 73435

By RenaissanceWatcher (registered) | Posted January 27, 2012 at 23:05:54

An article titled "Games changer: City's Pan Am sites on budget bubble" by Matthew Van Dongen on the spec.com tonight quotes Toronto 2015 CEO Ian Troop as saying that "Hamilton continues to be an important part of the Games." and Van Dongen reports that the Ivor Wynne Stadium rebuild is not affected by the Pan Am venue reorganization: http://www.thespec.com/news/local/articl...

Meanwhile, on her Talk 640 radio show tonight, Arlene Bynon interviewed Ian Troop about the plan to change 60% of the venue setup for the Pan Am Games into a cluster format. He said the business plan was submitted to the federal and provincial governments in July, 2011 and they have now verbally approved it. Nothing was mentioned about Hamilton during her interview with Troop. However, Bynon then interviewed former Olympic bid organizer Paul Henderson. At the 27:38 mark of the recording of the show (Click "Bynon: 2012-01-27, Hour 3"), Henderson said the plan to build a new Ivor Wynne Stadium has been withdrawn because the federal and provincial governments recently told Troop to cut his Pan Am budget. http://www.640toronto.com/hostsandshows/...

Hopefully, Matthew Van Dongen or Emma Reilly can interview Henderson as soon as possible to find out how he can state with such certainty that the Ivor Wynne Stadium rebuild has been taken out of the 2015 Pan Am plans and reinterview Troop to specify what role Hamilton will play in the Games.

Comment edited by RenaissanceWatcher on 2012-01-28 00:30:35

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