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Michael Lynch's avatar

Nice piece. I have been involved in the Lansdowne issue since Watson first began to look at the site in the early 1990s. Setting aside the capital expenditures, Lansdowne has consumed a lot of political and public capital. Imagine if all of that effort were directed at, say, community services. And it was always about improving the lot of sports teams owners, which has now morphed to include real estate developers. Worse, I think it is highly probable that Lansdowne 2 will cost a few hundred million dollars more than the $419 million figure. Plus, I suspect we will eventually be asked to extend assistance or concessions to the sports clubs under the threat of losing the football team. Enough is enough!

Erwin Dreessen's avatar

The contrast between close to half a billion dollars ($365 per resident) for Lansdowne 2.0 and the need to "shut down about 100 arenas and other community facilities, because we don’t have the money to fix them" should make a good number of people angry enough to go out and vote.

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