I was the only one full of glee when the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost the Grey Cup on November 29th. Why am I happy you ask? Well this first estimated 350 million, now 600 million dollar stadium the city has been wanting to build would have half built by now if we would have won. Not everyone loves football and anyone with kids under 5 don’t get out to concerts to often. I’m not a poor sport. If our city wasn’t ghetto looking and falling apart, I’d be all for getting my tax money (which is already TOO EFFIN MUCH and going to people who don’t need it) ripped outta my hands to go to a bunch of hooligans wearing watermelons on their heads. I was a highschool cheerleader, I got team spirit up to my ears but take a look around. Look at our schools, look at our streets, look at the core area of our city. That’s it, the core area of our city, I’m convinced the only reason some board members are pushing so hard for this damn staduim is to get it out of the “Hood” Welp, you built it there, and it hasnt stopped anyone from going to see their fav artist or seeing a game. It didn’t stop the Rolling Stones from jamming here and it’s not going to stop Bon Jovi. Someone tell me why this is nessascary, I know at first they said it would cost an estimated 150 million to repair Mosaic stadium, so why not double that a build a dome but now they are estimating it much much higher so why aren’t we looking on going back to plan A. Maybe take some of that surplus money Regina is supposed to have and throw it into repairing the main streets and then talk to us about putting 600 million dollars into a new dome stadium with a removable ceiling. C’mon this is Regina?!? That’s not going to bring bigger names here, and who the hecks bigger than THE STONES MAN!?!?
AND Thanks to Regina hotels putting in 10 million dollars, if this were a dinner we all went out too that’d be what we’d leave for a tip if ur thinking about how much this is really going to cost the citizens of Regina. That’s nothing, and who’s really going to benefit from this? HOTELS! They are already sold right out during any Mosaic stadium event, they will find a way to profit from more people being seated at the dome stadium.
Let’s all remember a time when the stands didn’t even hum, NOONE went, now we are all pro in the past 3-4 years and now it’s cool to have Rider Pride? What happens when our team starts sucking again?? We hope the Stones come back? I don’t think so. People who are making these plans gotta think long term, how long is it going to take this place to be built? Long enough for the Riders to start sucking around? Probably.
And Lastly, None of our players are even from here anymore? They are a bunch of Americans, Saskatchewan Roughriders…pfft. What a joke.
I used to enjoy football, now a win means bad things to me.
Sincerely.
Please Don’t Take Anymore of My Money.
