A rant by: Rigel

I can't see why the Pt. Douglas site is suddenly so attractive for the proposed new stadium. I maintain the best would actually be on the old Canada Packers grounds in St. Boniface. For starters, that area has lain unoccupied for years now, and no one has made any bid for utilizing it. This situation will continue if Pt. Douglas is selected. Secondly, the road access to it is better with Archibald, Marion & Lagimodiere either running right past it or in close proximity. No special new roads or bridges are needed. Thirdly, it's not too far from downtown, less than 3 miles. But before we get too carried away about any new facility, we need better transparency about the whole process since this was missing regarding the arena. There are certain sections of that agreement that have been blacked out suggesting some hanky-panky took place regardless of how well the MTS Center has worked out. In addition, as the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation has suggested, the tax money set aside for the public contribution to the project should be refunded to the citizens. Those who want their share to go toward a stadium could return their money to whoever's building the complex. Those who don't could keep it. If the latter make up the majority, they'll send a signal to the city that a patch job on the old stadium is good enough. And when you consider the type of league the CFL is, maybe they'd be right.

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