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Originally Posted by Haligonian88
US-based Group is Ridgehaven Holdings LLC. CEO is 29-year old Mason Williams, a lawyer and NFL/CFL agent.
Land owners are Aerotech Developments GP, a partnership between Clayton Developments and Marchand Homes.
Ridgehaven is looking at multiple sites for this entertainment district for all of Atlantic Canada. Confirmed Aerotech site is one of the sites.
Leaked slide deck suggests a shark-themed CFL team.
Would target 200 events per year. LiveNation would handle events.
Looking for a local owner (of CFL team I assume).
City/province receptive so far.
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Everything about this is a giant red flag. Moving the primary events infrastructure out of the city entirely is catastrophic downstream. Add in the fact they want LiveNation to be involved is absolutely disgusting. Private money or not I'm 100% against it but what is that worth anyway?
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Originally Posted by Drybrain
I assume this kind of location would be because they imagine a large part of game-day attendance would be people from well beyond HRM, even NB, and this would be an easier drive. Plus there's no obvious city centre location.
But 200+ events per year means lots more than just football games. I do detest the idea of building some entertainment megaplex 30 minutes outside the city, potentially drawing vitality away from the core so that people from Truro can drive there easier.
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If they're looking for geographical centrality they should just do this in Moncton instead.
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