The Winnipeg Free Press Online Edition
“DAVID Asper will host a fan forum at the MTS Centre tonight to update the public on his $120-million plan to build a new stadium for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
At the event — which he has titled Getting it Done — Asper will answer questions about the future ownership model and the design of the new stadium.”
I expect this should help. Politicians have been quite cool so far, as they are coached to do, when spending public money on stadiums is brought up. But show them some substantial public and media support for what is happening and they get a bit more courage.
Asper has a great reputation as a get it done kind of guy and he bleeds Bomber blue. The stakes are huge for Asper. Get public support and then political money for the stadium and he get’s control of the team. That’s the ultimate fan fantasy trip. I might suggest the carrot of another Grey Cup here as soon as the new stadium is done.
So as a p.r. advisor, this is just what we is needed right now, I say. Get the media and public behind the project and start building that “let’s get that stadium built soon steamroller”. The timing is right. The team’s season, which started with Grey Cup hopes, may go on a bit fo life support if they can’t muster a strong performance in Toronto this Saturday.
Here’s a link to David Asper’s stadium proposal site.
I’ll add my voice, we need to keep moving this forward. Fast forward that is. This province and this city needs to keep moving forward.
You can fill out his fan survey at the Blue and Gold site and get your thoughts to all the decision makers that need a little more courage right now.
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