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2011年1月18日 星期二

The twisted Stadium trail

How we have to this point in the stadium Marathon:


Sept. 27, 2007-Ticat President Scott Mitchell calls for a new stadium, rather than a revised Ivor Wynne say it position could help Hamilton as Sports Centre for Eastern Canada.


February 23, 2009-City Council agrees 2015 haven for athletics and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats bid joining with a stadium in the West as a legacy tenant. Mayor Fred Eisenberger advertisers as Prime for transformational city building.


November 6, 2009-Hamilton's Pan am the stadium is part of the Toronto 2015 awarded the games. "When the new stadium is constructed that be a great step in the right direction for the city and the Tiger-Cats", said businessman David Braley, major sponsors of the offer.


Jan. 13, 2010 - Bob Young says, the Ticats are on board for any site that chooses the city. "We make it to work, what website," he said, adding "there will be a week or so controversial then everyone come."


Feb. 18: Hamilton City Council approves the West Harbour location for the Pan am athletics stadium, but includes the possibility, the West port fails a plan B location. The Tiger-Cats say legacy partners, your business partners to the West harbour are lukewarm. "It presents some legitimate challenges for the private sector," said Mitchell.


March 19 – The Tiger-Cats say their corporate partners have reservations about the West due to the problems of accessibility, parking and visibility harbour. Promise an evaluation report on the website. "That's not to say there is no business case out there that would work, it is not there just now" notes Mitchell.


May 6 – Robert Young writes an open letter to fans say that the football team will play Ticat owner in a West Harbour Stadium because it not work. It calls for a 90 day moratorium on planning. He added, "any Tiger-Cats fan loves Ivor Wynne, but it is no longer a viable Stadium for revenue, the required to conduct a competitive CFL team."


May 11 – young calls for a facilitation process to consider cited other stadium. The city is true. Young says "Failure is not an option".


May 18Veteran of Officer Michael Fenn is named intermediary. "He is highly skilled, cool and thoughtful." "His entire career has been in situations where he had to juggle egos,", says businessman Ron Foxcroft.


July 6: Fenn's report identified an East Mountain site favored by the Tiger-Cats. The city agrees to examine it. Young provides $15 million for the development of the stadium precinct. "It is time to move ahead," young says. "The conversation changes $15 million" Eisenberger said.


July 28: Athletics confirmed Canada it has asked Toronto 2015 track and field, the Pan am's premier event, Hamilton because the stadium-fighting and remove the need to centralize all facilities. CEO Joanne Mortimer adds that "different messaging" from a number of sources the Ticats were not keen on his fans by playing a track to separate.


August 6 – federal and provincial governments say drag are funding from a West Harbour Stadium. MPP Sophia Aggelonitis, who says province was forced if the Feds first moved. "We make the decision but at the end of the day has the province the money, to finance a whole Stadium," said Aggelonitis. "We can go it alone."


Aug. 8: Minister of sport Gary Lunn says Ottawa not financing make subject to stadium site.


Aug. 9: young, the Ticats says feet are away from negotiations on the East Mountain, citing differences on rights name. Somewhere, he says "We our days at Ivor Wynne will play" when searching for a new home.


Aug. 10-City Council approves West harbour in a 12-3 vote. Eisenberger Gets the vote "bittersweet," adding, "Belief it is a victory a stadium where we can get to play the Tiger-Cats until we."


Aug. 31: City Council approved find employees in a McMaster Innovation Park site. "It's a question weeks to create the kind of legacy Bob young and I said," Eisenberger says.


Sept. 14: City Council directs to study staff CP Rail lands close to innovation as a possible site when CP asks if its 53 acre site is interested in. The CP land says in the neighborhood of $100 million, a large number of "amazing", could be Eisenberger.


Oct. 8: young promises $10 million over 10 years stadium construction undertaken and the stadium for 20 years for an annual fee of $300,000 from the city run. He wants to cover the naming rights to operating costs.


Dec. 20: it's sticker shock on the CP land with a $70-$90 - million price tag for land and business relocation. New Mayor Bob Bratina says the city of Confederation Park, rethink away should the Council from consideration in January 2009.


22 Dec: a special Pan am the meeting CP is too rich and won't bite at Bratina's bid for Federal Park. But he kept the hope. "Something is still a glimmering." "Still a pulse there."


Dec. 27: the Ticats and Paletta international approach Burlington mayor Rick gold ring on a stadium in Aldershot. "It's a great site," said Mitchell. "It's on (highways) 403 and the 407 and a short distance to the train station." "So it has a lot of ways."


Jan. 11: Bratina and teenagers cut a preliminary deal to keep the cats in Hamilton and your original home - Ivor Wynne Stadium. Young called the site "sacred ground", which could promote a rebirth of the civic pride through rehabilitation.


jkernaghan@thespec.com


905-526-3422


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