Council votes for Ivor Wynne as preferred site. $55 million funding gap remains.

With a 10-6 vote, Hamilton City Council voted on Ivor Wynne as the preferred site for the PAN AM stadium, even though there is a $55 million funding gap. With all the potential sites that were taken off the table because of funding gaps in the past, what makes Ivor Wynne so special? East Mountain and the CP Rail site were taken off as potential sites because councillors deemed that it was unaffordable at that time. Perhaps it is the Feb 1^st deadline that has them spooked and the recognition that THIS IS IT. No more next week, no more next month, time has run out and this is what we’ve ended up with.  We went from shooting down numerous potential sites over 2 years because we couldn’t afford them, to agreeing on a site that we still can’t afford. Council will be in high gear over the next few days trying to come up with the $55 million.  The Tiger Cats aren’t the innocent ones here either, they went on record many times stating that they lose money at the Ivor Wynne location since 2003, to all of a sudden having a change of heart and making it their preferred location. One starts to wonder why these councillors would agree on a site with a $55 million gap? Well it's simple boys and girls, this is politics and the best way to take the blame off of yourselves, make HOSTCO reject the plan Feb 1st, and in turn councillors can blame HOSTCO and everyone else for this embarrassing failure.