Comment 47556

By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted September 11, 2010 at 12:06:57

Visibility and naming rights is a misleading term of reference. The benefit of naming rights comes from media exposure not really in actual visibility. The reason corporations pay for it is because for 3 hours a week during a league game or in a media reference to a concert they get to hear/see/read about "Omni Corp Stadium". A few thousand cars driving by everyday doesn't really make an impact. With that in mind WH is no worse than MIP or EM would have been. Its the media that drives it, not eyeballs. The visibility arguement brought on by the TiCats was subterfuge to promote their choice as Ryan suggested.

The Aberdeen development is interesting in that if doable it would largely leave MIP untouched itself and still be able to accomodate a stadium. The fact that Scott Mitchell is on record as stating Mr Young's sensitivities to innovation centers would lead one to believe a deal is doable if not imminent. Face it, politics is about deal making. Its unfortunate that WH will likely not see a stadium because IMHO it's still the best site. However if a stadium deal can be made AND WH still get developed in a meaningful way then that may be the best possible outcome.

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