Vancouver Whitecaps for sale

[mikem]

@EastVanMark

Where there’s a will, there’s a way. And so far in those cities there’s been zero by way of will which is a disgrace (especially in Halifax )

Not a disgrace for the majority of people who are taxpayers and would be funding a stadium just for 9 CFL games a year and possibly a Grey Cup once every 9 years.
Halifax has a nice sized stadium for CPL and they sell out with standing room only.
The HRM did offer $20 Million to the Schooners group but the Schooners group had no money.
Stadiums have to be private/public partnership - Ottawa and OSEG, MLSE and Toronto. In Ottawa the investors saw a way of developing the stadium area with condos, restaurants, commercial etc and they could also fund a CFL stadium and bring back a team.
No city should be funding football stadiums without private support.
Even in the US the new Bills stadium will be funded with $1Billion from the Bills and the other $billion from state/city tax payers.

[Toronto11]

@Grover

…Things that make you go Hmmmmn!So Another 20K+ seat Stadium is being built in Vancouver by the Whitecaps soccer team(Who are for sale)YetHalifax, Moncton, Windsor, London, QC, etc.,etc. have none.

Maybe they can shipped the dome to Halifax

[EastVanMark]

@mikem

…ttawa and OSEG, MLSE and Toronto. In Ottawa the investors saw a way of developing the stadium area with condos, restaurants, commercial etc and they could also fund a CFL stadium and bring back a team.No city should be funding football stadiums without private support.Even in the US the new Bills stadium will be funded with $1Billion from the Bills and the other $billion from state/city tax payers.

Taxpayers see there money spent on all sorts of nonsense that brings zero by way of return to any citizen or government entity yet they have no problem spending on them.
A stadium is a necessity for a modern larger city and will enhance the vibrancy of the city and bring in some kind of a financial return. Now if a sporting group wants a more fancy stadium then they by all means need to play a part. But Halifax has nothing. And that’s a disgrace for a city of that size. The Wanderers stadium is a joke. Even what they are proposing is a nice soccer stadium for the CPL, but won’t do much towards bringing in major events to the city. And $20 million doesn’t go very far in constructing a stadium.

[Mightygoose]

From the Caps CEO

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-whitecaps-new-stadium-1.7503283

Not hiding that it’s a plan to keep the team in the city. Though not saying it, there doesn’t appear to be any ownership group that wants to keep it there.

Exact location TBC but it looks like it will be a team owned stadium so perhaps they’re looking at a land deal.

[ToppsCFL]

@EastVanMark

The Wanderers stadium is a joke. Even what they are proposing is a nice soccer stadium for the CPL, but won’t do much towards bringing in major events to the city. And $20 million doesn’t go very far in constructing a stadium.

At the time, the province said the City would have to invest before the province would…they did…then Covid hit.

Today, in my opinion, there’s no way the province would invest in a small stadium for such a growing city. No way it costs only 40 million. The City would never pay full price. You don’t see CPL teams trying to downsize the big stadiums.

[Tedtanium1976]

@Toronto11

Maybe they can shipped the dome to Halifax

I would prefer something like this…