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[skfarmer707]

Bucket is right, the stadium is stupid. That kind of public money into a facility the public cant even use.

8 regular games, couple preseason a concert or two and sit empty 350 days of the year.

If they can put a NHL game on the field why don't they leave the ice there so people can skate for the winter? Why not put up one of those heated bubble domes and make use of the turf in the winter and make a seasonal field house? FFS that's a bigger waste than the $2B bypass to nowhere.

And the CFL is already a declining sport. No interest in the big centers, aging viewers and pretty hard to get anyone but bums to play in Canada with the difference in American money.

Should sell the entire league and stadiums to the NFL and let them make farm teams up here.

Cfl is already a farm system for the nfl. Players come play up here with hopes to make it back south again. As well as the coaches. Does the cfl have trouble in places like Toronto Montreal and Vancouver? For sure they do. But name me one professional league that has every franchise doing well all at the same time?

I don’t understand the aging viewers argument. Have you been to a rider game lately?

Football does have its challenges getting people to play at the grass roots level, but travel to a southern US state and talk football with them sometime. It’s alive and well down there.

What was the options you guys would have like to see on a stadium? A domed stadium that was double the cost and for what? So kids can play soccer on the field? Doesn’t Regina already have an indoor field house that most of not all sports can be played on? Leaving Taylor field the way it was wasn’t sustainable.

People can argue that investing in professional sports is a waste of tax payer dollars and have a valid argument. But take a look at the amount of kids not being active and not participating in sports and the affect that will have on society in the future. It’s scary.

[jazz]

What was the options you guys would have like to see on a stadium? A domed stadium that was double the cost and for what? So kids can play soccer on the field? Doesn’t Regina already have an indoor field house that most of not all sports can be played on? Leaving Taylor field the way it was wasn’t sustainable.

There was an option floating around that had a $100 million dollar upgrade to Taylor Field along with a $200 million dollar indoor hockey rink multi-use facility. The revamp to Taylor would have included a 2nd covered tier on the east side and revamp to all the player and fan facilities. There was even some money left over for affordable housing and some hotel complex.

That was the proposal that should have been done. Brandt center gets used just about every day of the year with the Pats, Agribition, farm show etc. And the improvement to Taylor was good enough to hold 10 games a year.

Why doesn't farm progress not get to use the field for showing equipment? Its almost like they are scared to use this thing or it costs too much to operate.

But while there is no expense spared for the riders, Regina lacks a 3rd hospital and high schools are overflowing.
Football is a dwindling sport because of the concussion issue. Going to be pretty hard to convince someone to risk dementia and a wheelchair for $20k per yr paycheck. Parents steering their kids away from this sport.

[bucket]

Cfl is already a farm system for the nfl. Players come play up here with hopes to make it back south again. As well as the coaches. Does the cfl have trouble in places like Toronto Montreal and Vancouver? For sure they do. But name me one professional league that has every franchise doing well all at the same time?

I don’t understand the aging viewers argument. Have you been to a rider game lately?

Football does have its challenges getting people to play at the grass roots level, but travel to a southern US state and talk football with them sometime. It’s alive and well down there.

What was the options you guys would have like to see on a stadium? A domed stadium that was double the cost and for what? So kids can play soccer on the field? Doesn’t Regina already have an indoor field house that most of not all sports can be played on? Leaving Taylor field the way it was wasn’t sustainable.

People can argue that investing in professional sports is a waste of tax payer dollars and have a valid argument. But take a look at the amount of kids not being active and not participating in sports and the affect that will have on society in the future. It’s scary.

If Taylor field, now demolished, wasn't good enough....why didn't the riders organization build the stadium instead of the taxpayers....

As I said before...99.9% of saskatchewan's population will never see a football game in the new stadium but are forced to pay for it....the players for the most part don't leave their money here once the season is over and neither do most of the coaches....so as far as it creating spinoffs ...I can't buy in...

Oh and those concerts that have been held ...well those bands leave with their money....the rest of the time average citizens that are a costco run put money in the local economy ....

[skfarmer707]

There was an option floating around that had a $100 million dollar upgrade to Taylor Field along with a $200 million dollar indoor hockey rink multi-use facility. The revamp to Taylor would have included a 2nd covered tier on the east side and revamp to all the player and fan facilities. There was even some money left over for affordable housing and some hotel complex.

That was the proposal that should have been done. Brandt center gets used just about every day of the year with the Pats, Agribition, farm show etc. And the improvement to Taylor was good enough to hold 10 games a year.

Why doesn't farm progress not get to use the field for showing equipment? Its almost like they are scared to use this thing or it costs too much to operate.

They must have come to the conclusion that putting a 100 million into a 70 plus year old stadium was not as good of an option as a new stadium.

Didn’t young’s equipment sponsor a beer gardens in the new stadium? Do you want them to put equipment on the field? Are the vendors out of space that they can’t bring the equipment they want to the show? I don’t know these answers.

They do use the indoor part of the stadium for company Christmas parties and I’m sure other small events as well.

The city uses the field for high school football games as well as Regina thunder and Regina rams games so it’s more then 10 events per year. Would it be nice to use it more? I 100 percent agree with that thought.

[jazz]

Because putting up this in the offseason would just make too much sense.

[skfarmer707]

Because putting up this in the offseason would just make too much sense.

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What are you going to do in there that the fieldhouse in Regina can’t do already?

[farmaholic]

Gas, hotels, restaurant meals, shopping, bars. People spend money on this stuff around game days. The ****en 50/50 draw at the game can even get to be a fair size.

I realize the stadium cost a pile of money for not many game days. Not everyone is a Rider fan but Saskatchewan seems to do a decent job of filling the stadium for a province of 1.1 million widely spread out population. The Riders have one hell of a fan base even if some days they don't deserve it.

I don't get to many games at all but the atmosphere in that stadium can be absolutely electric. Even if you aren't a fan, you should experience one game(with an open mind).

Think we could fill it if the Foo Fighters skipped Edmonton, Calgary and Winnipeg? You bet we could! How many people do you know who travelled to one of those three cities to see a big act?

There is potential.

[skfarmer707]

If Taylor field, now demolished, wasn't good enough....why didn't the riders organization build the stadium instead of the taxpayers....

As I said before...99.9% of saskatchewan's population will never see a football game in the new stadium but are forced to pay for it....the players for the most part don't leave their money here once the season is over and neither do most of the coaches....so as far as it creating spinoffs ...I can't buy in...

Oh and those concerts that have been held ...well those bands leave with their money....the rest of the time average citizens that are a costco run put money in the local economy ....

99.9 percent?

What about all the money fans or concert goers spend in the city or province travelling to and from these events. Does that not create economic spin offs for the province and city?

[jazz]

What are you going to do in there that the fieldhouse in Regina can’t do already?

Field house is fine for a track and some tennis courts in the middle, but enclosing the turf creates a couple soccer fields instantly and they are used all winter long. Then the space for soccer in the Co-operators center could be converted to year round ice. Youth hockey, skating and soccer are much more important than the riders.

Could have actually done this with the other proposal. $100M Taylor field revamp, domes on the field for winter soccer, new $200M hockey arena, Brandt ice gets converted to public skating and smaller events and co-operators gets 3 new sheets of ice.

I should be on council.

[skfarmer707]

Field house is fine for a track and some tennis courts in the middle, but enclosing the turf creates a couple soccer fields instantly and they are used all winter long. Then the space for soccer in the Co-operators center could be converted to year round ice. Youth hockey, skating and soccer are much more important than the riders.

Could have actually done this with the other proposal. $100M Taylor field revamp, domes on the field for winter soccer, new $200M hockey arena, Brandt ice gets converted to public skating and smaller events and co-operators gets 3 new sheets of ice.

I should be on council.

At least you gave some ideas. I don’t know if Regina is short on rinks. Or if they are short on space for soccer in the field house but you can always put your dome on the field and do these changes at any time.

Just a question but why do the pats need a new hockey rink? Does the province miss out on concerts because we don’t have a large enough indoor venue to host these events?

Also if Regina is short on rinks the surrounding communities would benefit from the ice rentals coming from the city. I know our small town does from estevan going from three rinks to two. Is that a bad thing?