Roughriders stadium study endorses Roughriders stadium
Last July, the Saskatchewan director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation predicted that it was “a foregone conclusion” that the province’s then-announced Saskatachewan Roughriders stadium study was...
View ArticleCanada PM Harper: If we buy Quebec an arena, everyone will want one
Even as Quebec elected officials were donning Quebec Nordiques jerseys to push for government funding of an arena that could lead to the return of an NHL team to that city, Canadian Prime Minister...
View ArticleCanadian sports subsidies less likely after Harper kills Edmonton Expo
The prospect of Canadian federal subsidies for stadium and arena projects got murkier again this week. Though Prime Minister Stephen Harper still officially remains mum on the possibility, professional...
View ArticleCanadian “P3″ sports-subsidy plan won’t die
The issue of Canadian federal subsidies for sports facilities just won’t die, no matter how many times PM Stephen Harper tries to stick a stake in it. The latest gambit involves P3, the government...
View ArticleSaskatchewan: If feds won’t fund our stadium, we won’t build one
The Saskatchewan provincial government now says it will abandon plans for a new Roughriders stadium if federal funding isn’t forthcoming by next week: In a letter to federal Finance Minister Jim...
View ArticleSaskatchewan abandons Roughriders dome plan (for now)
As promised, the province of Saskatchewan stuck a fork in plans to build a new Roughriders stadium today: “This project can go no further at this time,” said Ken Cheveldayoff, the minister responsible...
View ArticleLiberal Party: We’d fund Canadian sports arenas
Canada’s Liberal Party is now trying to use the Quebec arena fight to score political points, as party leader Michael Ignatieff has declared that he’d be happy to provide federal funds for the project...
View ArticleVegas arena plans, Anaheim Kings subsidies, and more
A few items that fell through the cracks over the last week: Those plans for a tax-increment-financing-funded arena on the Las Vegas Strip got officially killed last week by the Nevada legislature —...
View ArticleSaskatchewan offers $80m toward $278m Roughriders stadium
The province of Saskatchewan has promised to spend $80 million on a new Roughriders stadium, which sounds more momentous until you realize that a new stadium is expected to cost $278 million. (It was...
View ArticleRegina signs MOU to stick public with most of Roughriders stadium cost
The city of Regina has filled in the missing $138 million in its $278 million Saskatchewan Roughriders stadium plan, signing a memorandum of understanding to build the stadium by 2017. The new funding...
View ArticleRegina mayor admits city losing money on CFL stadium, but mumble “spinoffs”...
Regina Mayor Michael Fougere is trying so hard to explain why the city and province spending $153 million on a new stadium for the Saskatchewan Roughriders (plus another $120 million or so to operate...
View ArticleFriday roundup: Atlanta Falcons’ non-retracting retractable roof now can’t...
Crazed billionaires are shutting down our nation’s news media when employees try to assert their rights, so let’s enjoy journalism while we still have it with another week in news briefs: The...
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