BC Place

AT 10 O’CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE IT OFFICIAL…
B.C. PLACE WILL BE GETTING A NEW RETRACTABLE ROOF…
THE PRICE COULD BE AS HIGH AS $150 MILLION DOLLARS…AND SHOULD BE READY FOR THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE 2010 OLYMPICS…
WHEN ALL THE SMOKE CLEARS…
THE NEW ROOF WILL BE THE MOST IMPORANT LEGACY OF THE GAMES…
IT WILL NOT ONLY SAVE THE B.C. LIONS BUT ALSO PAVE THE WAY FOR THE WHITECAPS TO MOVE TO MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER…
LET’S START WITH THE LIONS…
TED ROGERS IS DOING HIS BEST TO KILL THE CFL BY BRINGING THE NFL TO TORONTO…
BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS…
NOBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND IS GOING TO SPEND $200 DOLLARS A TICKET TO WATCH THE BUFFALO BILLS…
THE REAL THREAT TO THE LEAGUE WAS LOSING B.C. PLACE…
THE PLAN WAS TO TEAR IT DOWN AFTER THE OLYMPICS AND SELL THE LAND TO HIGHEST BIDDER…
FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON…THE POLITICIANS IN VICTORIA REMEMBERED WHO THEY ACTUALLY WORK FOR…
HERE’S THE MATH…
NO B.C. PLACE…NO LIONS…NO LIONS…NO CFL…
HOW DO YOU PUT A PRICE TAG ON 100 YEARS OF CANADIAN HISTORY???
THE WHITECAPS WILL ALSO BE AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW…
THE RETACTABLE ROOF WILL ALSO ALLOW THE CAPS TO GO AFTER A FRANCHISE IN MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER…
THE CHEAP AND SLEAZY POLITICS THAT HAVE BLOCKED A WATERFRONT STADIUM IN THIS CITY ARE ALSO KILLING PROFESSIONAL SOCCER IN THIS PROVINCE…
THE NEW ROOF SHOULD BUY THE WHITECAPS ENOUGH TIME TO SAVE THEMSELVES AND THE GAME…
MLS HAS PLANS TO CAP THE NUMBER OF TEAMS IN ITS LEAGUE…AND THEY’RE GOING FAST…
THIS YEAR IT ADDED SAN JOSE…BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER TO 14…
BY THE END OF THIS YEAR…THE LEAGUE WANTS TO ADD A 15TH TEAM…AND THEN IN 2009 SEATTLE WILL BE BECOME NUMBER 16…
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF OTHER CITIES LOOKING TO GET ON BOARD…INCLUDING MONTREAL…
ALL OF THEM HAVE WHAT VANCOUVER DOES NOT…
A MAJOR LEAGUE…OUTDOOR STADIUM…
ALL THAT WILL CHANGE TOMORROW…
AS USUAL…THE POLITICIANS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING…FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS…
BUT RIGHT NOW NOBODY WITH THE LIONS OR THE WHITECAPS IS COMPLAINING…