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Mariposa Belle from Leacockland, Canada writes: Montreal moved from a downtown arena to...a downtown arena. Toronto kept the sports facitlity downtown, where the transit exists.
Ottawa put the facitlity in a cornfield to boost revenues for the developers who made the bid. This is not a knock on those who revived the Sens, but there were other options which would have contributed more to the entire community, in my opinion.
I think more locals and tourists would want to have the local NHL arena on their list of places to visit than the local parliament and legislative buildings.
More important things occur in the arenas.- Posted 25/03/08 at 10:59 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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Matthew Townsend from Brooklyn, United States writes: I'll have to forward this development to the folks at The Sports Economist in order to see what they think.
For anyone interested in following along with some of the more relevant issues regarding economics and sports it's a very worthwhile blog to read.- Posted 26/03/08 at 5:44 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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