If a soccer stadium for a new professional league represents a good investment, proponents would not need to rely so much on public money.
The request proved divisive because supporters of the $41-million project had already received $1 million from city hall.
Prairieland and Living Sky are teaming to try to bring a professional soccer franchise in the Canadian Premier League to Saskatoon. They want a newProponents appeared in front of a city council committee on Monday to tout the $28-million project, which will rely on a whopping $8 million from the city to try to convince the federal and provincial governments to kick in similar amounts.
If there’s a soccer field shortage in Saskatoon, it’s a pretty quiet one. The city boasts two indoor soccer facilities. If you can’t name a single player or team in a league, as is no doubt the case for most of Saskatoon and this soccer league, it ranks as a highly questionable investment.If soccer’s really as popular as we heard on Monday, this venture should be able to attract big private donations, like Merlis Belsher Place and the Gordie Howe Sports Complex, and not need so much government money.
Interestingly, eight years ago Prairieland invested $400,000 to replace the clay track at Marquis Downs because of its faith in horse racing’s future.Article contentand throwing the related industry into uncertainty to pursue a soccer team and facility.