New stadium deal underway???

Selinger grabs ball on stadium
Sources say deal near to go ahead with new, scaled-down facility

Deank wrote:MUTHERFOCK this SHAT!!!

What the hell? seriously what the hell?

We cancel upgrades at the mizrecordia.... TO BUILD A FUCKEN STADIUM?


Get that poor excuse for a businessman ASPER out of the bombers NOW!!!

rosencrentz wrote:Great News a smaller , cheaper, less comfortable stadium! So appropriate for a structure that will be used 10 times in a year!
Glad we are spending $400 million on a structure honouring dead people! They should have combined both at the Forks, only the "dead people's thing should have been in the hallways!

Deank wrote:No he doesn't Creswin is still part. Creswin gets a seat on the board and Asper gets the option to purchase the bombers at some point in the future when retail turns around. Its still about Asper.

Deank wrote:AND yes its a 100% sh1t on Asper. He is the one who has been given chance after chance after chance with no explanation as to why he is considered a god for the bombers.

grumpy old man wrote:

rosencrentz wrote:Great News a smaller , cheaper, less comfortable stadium! So appropriate for a structure that will be used 10 times in a year!
Glad we are spending $400 million on a structure honouring dead people! They should have combined both at the Forks, only the "dead people's thing should have been in the hallways!

But... there are some on this forum who will gladly hand their tax dollars over for this venture and for concert halls. Confounding isn't it?

Then there are some on this forum who won't acknowledge the difference between creating new infrastructure and maintaining existing infrastructure.

At asshatsellinger Holy frick budy... 546million deficit and you want to add to it? Can you just tell us now how much you are going to put into the Museum too, so that we can rip the bandaid off all at once?

Triniman wrote:Then there are some on this forum who won't acknowledge the difference between creating new infrastructure and maintaining existing infrastructure.

If we were to compare the stadium to the MTS centre and Canwest Park is like comparing a rusty old 1950 jalopy to a 2010 Cadillac.

EdWin wrote:I read "scaled back" and somehow I wasn't shocked. This is Manitoba; this is Winnipeg. Many larger projects get scaled back there. I would rather have more funding for this stadium than the CHMR, if I had to choose that is. The Bombers give back much more to this city, and likely always will. Therefore, they would be a much better investment opportunity, but that has been blown anyways, so bring on the brand new mediocre, less than awe inspiring stadium.

grumpy old man wrote:

Triniman wrote:Then there are some on this forum who won't acknowledge the difference between creating new infrastructure and maintaining existing infrastructure.

Like a new football stadium?

I'd still like to see Leo's St. Boniface plan. Although I do like the U of M locale.