Maritime Expansion

[R.J]

City Council votes no for stadium at Shannon Park.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax...nnon-park.html

[OV Argo]

City Council votes no for stadium at Shannon Park.


http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax...nnon-park.html

Frickin' @rse-holes.

Don\t really know much about Halifax (only visited once, and have a cousin who is a long-time resident); but seems to me, in my bit of reading on that Shannon Park site, that maybe it is kind of their version of Lansdowne Park in Ottawa? - even if only in that it is a prime piece of real estate in the heart of a city, that is sitting unused and that could be developed into something really special & nice - a multi use facility that could benefit many citizens? Maybe those city councillors don\t get that football is a CANADIAN game and that this stadium/facility could serve all of Atlantic Canada as a host for not only a CFL team (and become the only big league team in Atlantic Canada sports) but also other leagues and sports (say the Uteck Bowl in CIS ball, or big soccer tournaments) and for concerts. I wonder what the vote would have been if it had been about building a nice hockey arena there for a potential future NHL franchise?

[argolio]

I wonder what the vote would have been if it had been about building a nice hockey arena there for a potential future NHL franchise?

Probably a bigger NO vote since there is far less chance of Halifax ever getting an NHL team.