AlvinofDiaspar
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Agreed - it is pretty clear the big players have no interest anywhere but downtown - the ultimatum comes off as rather a anemic meh.
AoD
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In other words, "You Snooze, You Lose." ....... Hmm, 6,000 construction jobs, 12,000 permanent “well paid jobs,” world-class architecture and thousands of tourists to the city, i say bring it on.
My bet says the MTCC
In other words, "You Snooze, You Lose." ....... Hmm, 6,000 construction jobs, 12,000 permanent “well paid jobs,†world-class architecture and thousands of tourists to the city, i say bring it on.
My bet says the MTCC
A net benefit to the city is industry that creates wealth; not one that passes it around.
Far too many people automatically think fo the giant mortgage losing gamblers as opposed to what the reality is.
Huh, forget the old school crap. This will be an entertainment centre, with a casino, theaters, convention centre, retail mall, hotel, etc etc etc...potentialy these places can easily attract 25,000 people a day
Any time we get this much hot air up front, I immediately think someone's trying to put something over on me/us/Toronto.
Really? You've seen the plans? And where in downtown Toronto are you going to plant theatres, a convention centre, retail mall, and hotel (given your exhaustive list, what etc. is possible?) w/o displacing some or all of the current entertainment/retail downtown?
So, if you have 25,000 visitors, why in God's name would you need 12,000 permanent staff??? Even given shift work, that's one employee for every 2 customers. I expect, just like the 6,000 construction workers and 12,000 staff, your 25,000 visitors is plucked out of mid-air.
What I want to know is (a) are these guys paying full freight on development charges, and (b) what Toronto (not Ontario) gets out of it -- only property tax? Cut of profits? Opportunity to be the landlord? Any time we get this much hot air up front, I immediately think someone's trying to put something over on me/us/Toronto.