OT: All-Purpose Expos Return Speculation Topic -- Part Deux

[Scintillating10]

Might want to change that banking password now.

Lol. I got 4 brokers. I have it setup they text my phone a code everytime I sign in.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[dcyhabs]

There seems to be some sort of derangement syndrome when people become politicians. They lose their responsabilities in anything. To see whatshername who is in charge of this project talking with pride about her decision to propose this...it was baffling. It was like seeing a child talk.

Maybe some politicians see the Stadium as a source of pride when their politician friends come visit to Montreal and that's why they are Hell bent on keeping it.

The CAQ want to grab most of the 870 million for themselves, their donors, their friends, and organized crime. No one cares about the stadium at this point, and most wouldn't set foot in it since pieces started falling off. An outgoing right wing government is going to be an orgy of corruption and the stadium will be a small chunk of it.

 

[Scintillating10]

If you build it they will come

 

[Kimota]

The CAQ want to grab most of the 870 million for themselves, their donors, their friends, and organized crime. No one cares about the stadium at this point, and most wouldn't set foot in it since pieces started falling off. An outgoing right wing government is going to be an orgy of corruption and the stadium will be a small chunk of it.

I don't see the connection but OK. lol

I want to go there on a boat!

 

[dcyhabs]

I don't see the connection but OK. lol



I want to go there on a boat!

I figure now that the CAQ is looking less and less likely to be re-elected they're going to get while the getting's good. The 870 million to put a roof on a stadium no one wants is probably 800 million in thank yous to friends, donors, and business partners. "Oops, money's spent and the roof doesn't work, we'll let the incoming guys worry about it."

Considering how much MLB did to help the previous team leave, and to ensure the owners left with lots of money after putting up none of their own, I don't see them coming back. What does the stadium provide that's worth 870 million? What city couldn't build a new stadium, not just a roof, for 870 million? They wouldn't be floating such stuff if they though they could win, and they wouldn't be creating the mess if they expected to deal with the fallout.

The expos were fun, but the stadium has always been a disaster, and MLB in its current state is something that governments should be very leary of.

 

[Runner77]

 

[Tyson]

Growing up going to Parc Jarry brings back some great memories. That's where I got Rocket Richard's autograph. Best part of my childhood was going to this venue!

 

[Runner77]

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Growing up going to Parc Jarry brings back some great memories. That's where I got Rocket Richard's autograph. Best part of my childhood was going to this venue!

I was a Young Expo and went to 30 or 40 games. But I got Maurice,, Henri, and Yvan's autograph at a show in downtown Toronto. Got Beliveau's autograph at a show at Mohawk College in Hamilton.

 

[DaBadGuy7]

 

[RC51]

OH hear we go again with baseball in MTL. Yes baseball is fun to watch, that is NOT the problem.
so? spend a billion to construct a stadium in downtown MTL, then go get some players but remember at the end of each year the MTL team will lose 2-3 of the best players because the team can NOT outbid the big 6 US teams to keep their own players. So the truth turns out to be, you buy tickets to see your team with only a 30% chance of winning the game every day of every year. As we saw with the Expos the fans dwindled down to 4-5 thousand per game because people are NOT STUPID when they see a FIXED GAME AGAINST THEM.