Quote Originally Posted by Invader View Post
York stadium looks like it was designed so it could be used for nothing else but track & field...so that ship has probably sailed. I believe the federal guidelines call for only one free pro-football stadium per 2-week soccer tournament...and Hamilton grabbed the brass ring with the Pan-Parapan Games, while TFC got the spoils from the youth soccer tourney. But now the soccer cupboard is bare?

Heritage Canada does give away billions every year for Canada's culture, including Rogers Media which received $22 million in federal subsidies in 2012 alone (adding to Rogers $12,400,000,000 in revenues that year.) Rogers has earmarked $250,000,000 to install grass at Skydome, lost $50 million on the failed NFL in Toronto series and will likely lose billions on their ridiculous NHL overbid. (TFC will reportedly lose money this year with the BJ's losing $300,000,000 in their first 8 years of Rogers ownership). But MLSE won't spend $20M to renovate BMO to accommodate Toronto's football team (money which would be paid back over the term of the first lease?)

At least MLSE did their little bit to help promote their potential BMO tenant in the media event this week: Phase 3: T.B.A (So you're saying there is a chance?)
It's doubtful that Rogers loses money on the NHL. They already sold the French Language Rights to TVA for $1.5 Billion:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle15642270/