Comments for How City Hall Makes the National Capital Region a Poor Sports Marketplace at http://www.culturemagazine.ca , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.culturemagazine.ca Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:07:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/how_city_hall_makes_the_national_capital_region_a_poor_sports_marketplace.html#comment-369 As for the rebel in fact they did very well untill they moved to the civic centre.OTtawa is not a bad sports market at all the probleams is people loive to bash ottawa left and right.Now people fail to look at toronto how bad of a sports market it really is.People think ottawa has a bad track record is nothing compared to toronto. - reidjr Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:22:48 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/how_city_hall_makes_the_national_capital_region_a_poor_sports_marketplace.html#comment-191 When I moved here it was during the playoff run in 2007 and there was about a 2-hr delay between the end of the game and when the people who attended made it to the bars on Elgin St. to celebrate. - Kendall Giberson Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:39:05 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/how_city_hall_makes_the_national_capital_region_a_poor_sports_marketplace.html#comment-189 Having built the hockey arena within the city would also have helped local businesses. In most cities, arenas and stadiums are surrounded by sports bars that fans pour into for post game reverie. Scotia Bank Place is surrounded by farm fields and traffic jams. Instead of celebrating a Sens win with friends over a pint, most fans are stuck sitting in cars fighting back road rage. Thank god for the after game show on the radio... - kevinjohns Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:53:10 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/how_city_hall_makes_the_national_capital_region_a_poor_sports_marketplace.html#comment-183 The shame of it all is that the stadium is not really that old. I also work for the security company which patrols the facility on a nightly basis so I know the state of disrepair that it is starting to fall into without proper upkeep. There was a lot of conflicting stories in the media over the fall and winter on this issue, so I hope I was able to get my facts straight. Thanks for reading the story and best regards. KG - Kendall Giberson Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:17:54 +0100 http://www.culturemagazine.ca/politics/how_city_hall_makes_the_national_capital_region_a_poor_sports_marketplace.html#comment-182 Hi Kendall, Thanks for bringing this issue of the old Lynx Stadium to the forefront again. I am the business person who you refer to in the above article. I have subsequently be soliciting the city about res-erecting the our plan of conducting baseball clinics at the facility to the community and perhaps have the right to promotr a few outdoor media events each year. I have the support of Mile Wollf the Can-Am baseball commissioner. I will be sending over the final draft of the proposal to city next week. Thanks again DTB - David Butler Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:22:57 +0100