The city has not, as promised, found major private money for the stadium portion of the project but will kick in 70 million while taking out another 100 million in a loan from the provincial government. The costs have come down, in step with the grandeur of the original designs.
The stadium site moved from the rail yards between Downtown and the Warehouse district to the exhibition grounds. In the last 3 years much has changed: gone is the dome, now the project is ‘dome ready’. A replacement rather than an improvement.
Interestingly, this proposal is just a new, certainly fancier, version of what we already have. I just do not think Regina has the money or the market to get the use out of a facility beyond what our current Taylor Field provides. From the beginning I was against the idea of a new stadium. I’ve been following this process, with less and less interest, over the last three years (see my posts: The Stadium (March 21, 2010), Regina Urban Revitalization Initiative (June 1, 2011) and Stadium (December 23, 2011)). It is anyone’s guess if the facility presented on Wednesday (yet again a ‘stadium’ even after Mayor Fiacco seemingly banned the word, this time last year, from council chambers in favour of ‘Multi Purpose Entertainment Facility’) will be what sits on the Exhibition Grounds in 2017. It is becoming hard to take these seriously. This is the most recent of three concepts for a Regina Sports Facility in as many years. It provides specifics on the stadium and an overview of the whole RRI project. I would recommend everyone take a look at the Stadium concept booklet ( here).
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See the Globe and Mail, Prairie Dog and The Leader Post for more.ĭetails of the whole project, plus the above video, can be found at the City’s webpage. The newest images for Regina’s proposed stadium were released to the media yesterday at a press conference held at City Hall. The club also maintains a waiting list for people who want season tickets for 2015.Well, there it is, the Regina Revitalization Initiative (RRI). Tickets for individual games go on sale May 31, at 10 a.m. The capacity of Mosaic Stadium, for the coming season, is 33,427. The club allocated 26,700 to season-ticket holders. Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Tuesday that all available season tickets for the 2014 football season have been sold. People interested in attending the Open House will need to use either Lewvan Drive or Princess Street to enter the Evraz Place grounds because Elphinstone Street is closed due to construction. At 11:30 a public Open House, at the EventPlex will start.At 10 a.m., a formal announcement will be made.The information provided can not be released until 10 a.m. News media will be briefed early Thursday morning.However, the same phrase has been used - in the past - when officials have provided advance notice of upcoming stadium news.Īs well, the city said that officials from the city, the province and the Saskatchewan Roughriders will be on hand. Strictly speaking, the notice from the city simply references "an historical announcement". The design for Regina's new football stadium will be unveiled Thursday morning, according to a notice from the city.