Farhan Lalji
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740 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 1 Jun
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They weren't necessarily needed on the heels of the post-Olympic upgrades that were made on the stadium.
Right.
So but you're right.
I mean, you could eliminate all of the financial debt.
Now, the way it was explained to me is the stadium relatively breaks even with the exception of the debt financing on the most recent set of renovations.
So they lose five to 10 million a year, which is based on that debt financing.
So all of that could go away.
By tearing the stadium down, letting developers build, we know the market eventually is going to come back and all of that is there.
But I think from Amar's perspective, I just believe the Lions' field are going to be taken care of, right?
So if there is a management deal... By whom?
Well, wherever the Whitecaps go, like whatever deal the Whitecaps get at BC Place, for example, the Lions know they're getting the same deal, right?
If the Whitecaps move and get... If the Whitecaps get another stadium...
If that turns into the solution, that the government decides that the Whitecaps are going to get it, that there's going to be another stadium, we're going to get rid of BC Place, we're going to move it, and there's any government funding involved, the BC Lions are going to wind up being tied to that deal.
The Whitecaps are not going to privately finance their own stadium and say, sorry, football team, you're out.
This is going to be soccer only for our supporters and all this stuff.
It's not going to work that way.
And then...
If it's going to take time for that kind of a decision to be made on the stadium.
And in the meantime, like how many times have we heard Suri talk about building a stadium and, you know, if they could build a 25,000, like every CFL stadium is not equal.
Like you, you go to Hamilton and,
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