Il y a quelques jours, j’évoquais le principe de l’utilisateur-payeur, notamment à travers une taxe sur les billets, comme mécanisme de financement relativement populaire.
Le concept discuté ici représente aussi une approche politiquement efficace pour justifier des dépenses gouvernementales.
Il manque toutefois probablement une dernière pièce au casse-tête : la participation financière des Saputo.
Puisque le club profitera directement des revenus additionnels et des bénéfices associés au projet, le public doit aussi comprendre comment son propriétaire compte payer sa part.
C’est souvent cet élément qui permet de compléter l’argumentaire et de renforcer l’acceptabilité sociale du projet.
#CFMTL
Of course, we need to invest in our hospitals, schools, and essential public services.
But this is also about finding solutions for a stadium that taxpayers have been paying to repair for decades because of its roof issues.
A renewed Big O shouldn’t be viewed only as an expense. It has the potential to generate jobs, attract major events, create economic activity, and produce new revenue streams that help sustain the facility over the long term.
We are in the 21st century. Cities around the world are reinventing themselves and investing in infrastructure that creates opportunity.
The Olympic Stadium should be a symbol of innovation and ambition for Montreal not a burden we simply manage year after year.
And a place where our sports franchise like #CFMTL can blossom and compete in fast moving sports leagues.
A Montreal-based restaurant, Boustan, won best shawarma at the Ottawa Shawarma Festival after judges ranked it first in a blind taste test against local competitors.
Tonight at 9:30pm, the Horseshoe Falls will be illuminated in red, white & blue for the @CanadiensMTL, and the American Falls in blue & gold for the @BuffaloSabres as they head into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs tomorrow!