Category: Arena

The next steps on Northlands

  UPDATE: Thank you all for your insightful feedback on the blog post below! As a follow up to this proposed motion, I received a letter of support from Hockey Canada for the Coliseum repurposing. You can read the letter here: Hockey Canada letter.  Tomorrow, City Council will be discussing a series of proposals from Northlands to re-imagine… Read More

A new future for Northlands

This is a modified version of the statement I gave to the media earlier today, Wednesday, September 24th. Today, administration released its report analyzing Northlands’ redevelopment plan. It is a long and thorough assessment of the current and future state not only of the facilities at Northlands but of key aspects of Northlands’ re-envisioning. Next… Read More

Final Arena Vote Rationale

Two years ago I said ‘this is probably the best deal we can get under the circumstances – it’s just the circumstances I have a problem with.’ That comment was more about serious concerns I have about how pro-sports franchises do business with their host cities – and I’m still bothered by this, as are… Read More