Council received an email from Mayor Bob Bratina on Sunday, advising them of the news about the CP Rail location. The enormous funding gap all but ends the idea of the Aberdeen Avenue and Longwood Road as a potential stadium site.
HOST CO has given Hamilton a February 1st deadline and has openly approached other municipalities like Mississauga who have shown interest if Hamilton can't come to a decision.
Council will meet at an emergency meeting Wednesday to discuss other options. In the email sent to council, Mr. Bratina also suggests that Confederation Park should be looked into as the alternate site,
“What I believe is that Confederation Park has always been considered a prime site and has to be evaluated,” Bratina said Monday.
“This is not the end of Pan Am in Hamilton.”
A poll was conducted on this blog over a month ago in regards to stadium location, check out the results on the link below.
http://josipovicforward10.blogspot.com/2010/11/stadium-results-are-in.html
THIS IS OUR PUBLIC GREENSPACE AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AREA NOTHING SHOULD BE BUILT HERE. DO NOT BE FOOLED PEOPLE.
ReplyDeleteFirst the announcement of the Confederation GO Station, and now Confederation Park Stadium. Coincidence?? I am a fan of the Confederation site, but I am interested in seeing how the rest of council reacts to this. Time will tell......
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