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lecoqsportif
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The revenues from the various media platform has to be worth it, coz *Seattle* (freakin' Seattle!) just signed someone for $240M.
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lecoqsportif
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Yeah, a report paid for by Cromartie's group. K Street says hello.
Yeah as expected, it is viable in Montreal in a new stadium with 350 million or so govt dollars to help pay for said stadium
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wiseguy1
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Colon is still effective suprisingly, but lets see how he does without the roids. He cant afford to be caught again.
lecoqsportif
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Well done.
Nice, but wouldn't you want a view of downtown Montreal or does the sun factor into the design?
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The sun does indeed factor in. Remember when play during night games at Jarry Park had to be suspended while they waited for the sun to set behind the left field bleachers? The first baseman couldn't see with the setting sun in his eyes. Most ballparks have home plate in the west or southwest corner of the field.
Nice pictures. Given the location I guess they'll name it "Autostade II"
Is the Farine Five Roses building in the background? It's a nice backdrop for baseball, along with the river and hopefully the Champlain assuming that thing is still standing. The only thing is that site is WAY too far from any metro, it would be a bigger pain in the ass to go there than the Big O. As for feasibility it looks like MLB is WAY too expensive nowadays for a new city to get into, but hopefully Bell is more enthusiastic/desperate now because the public funding option is unrealistic.
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It's not the Champlain Bridge you see in the background over the outfield bleachers; it's the Jaques Cartier.
I'm also wondering about transit. Maybe there's some sort of light rail deal in the works - a spur line from one of the Metro stations on the green or orange lines. I don't like locations that rely on buses only because surface roads get clogged on game days. But since the best location (the one proposed years ago before the Expos left town) is no longer available The two locations near the water are probably the next best.
I downloaded the feasibility study and they actually looked at a few sites. One is the foot of Peel street, another at the Wellington Basin just to the west of the first spot, and another by the Childrens' Hospital that would incorporate the old Forum as part of the complex. Those sites are considered the most viable because having the stadium downtown is seen as essential to making the project attractive to potential investors. They also considered the Big O (or at least building a proper stadium there after bulldozing the current one) and the Blue Bonnets site (L'Hippodrome, for those of you too young to remember BB) But those locations are seen as too far from downtown to be viable, even though they have space for parking and are both served by Metro stations.