Super Bowl Legacy
Well the big game is over. Now we can talk about some of the great things that it will leave behind in our City long after the game will have faded from our memories. AND how our tax dollars will be used to compete against the private sector, again.
The Super Bowl has done marvellous things so far for Windsor. As an example, we will have a new legacy project. No, not that silly playground for children that the Mayor keeps talking about. It's the new South Windsor Art Gallery that just opened its doors the other day: the underpass at E C Row and Dougall.
What an attraction for us. Forget the strippers, lap dancers and Cuban cigars. This is capital "C"ulture at its finest. Why, it will compete with some of the other galleries in its class such as the billboards on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto or the ones along I-94 to Metro Airport in Detroit.
It will certainly help beautify the entrance to our City for tourists and will enhance the streetscaping along one of our busiest roadways. It may confuse tourists too who want to use the Tunnel but are instead directed to the Bridge! And just you wait until it becomes the street with the most rear-end collisions with people taking their eyes off the road to view the art.
Of course, Super Bowl will give rise to a new mini-convention centre/banquet hall in the heart of downtown Windsor. Really, we do need a place for the City to entertain in a grand style. We cannot use private halls after all now can we. They are so.....commercial. We had the Cleary but you know what THAT was like. Anyway, the Mayor is trying to convince St. Clair College to come and take that off of our hands.
The Super Bowl has done marvellous things so far for Windsor. As an example, we will have a new legacy project. No, not that silly playground for children that the Mayor keeps talking about. It's the new South Windsor Art Gallery that just opened its doors the other day: the underpass at E C Row and Dougall.
What an attraction for us. Forget the strippers, lap dancers and Cuban cigars. This is capital "C"ulture at its finest. Why, it will compete with some of the other galleries in its class such as the billboards on the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto or the ones along I-94 to Metro Airport in Detroit.
It will certainly help beautify the entrance to our City for tourists and will enhance the streetscaping along one of our busiest roadways. It may confuse tourists too who want to use the Tunnel but are instead directed to the Bridge! And just you wait until it becomes the street with the most rear-end collisions with people taking their eyes off the road to view the art.
Of course, Super Bowl will give rise to a new mini-convention centre/banquet hall in the heart of downtown Windsor. Really, we do need a place for the City to entertain in a grand style. We cannot use private halls after all now can we. They are so.....commercial. We had the Cleary but you know what THAT was like. Anyway, the Mayor is trying to convince St. Clair College to come and take that off of our hands.
Do you know where our new Centre is? Let me give you a clue:
- NFL International VIP Party Friday, February 03, 2006
Event Detail
More than 800 guests are invited to this VIP party for NFL International executives and corporate sponsors.
Location:
Windsor Armouries
You, dear reader, did not get one of these super-secret invitations did you or you would have guessed. Nope I heard that big bucks were spent by NFL Canada to make this a great party. We do have to impress all of these VIPs after all.
After NFL Canada has fixed it up, what are they going to do, rip it down? After Sunday night, they will want to get out of here. So, they will give it to us.
After NFL Canada has fixed it up, what are they going to do, rip it down? After Sunday night, they will want to get out of here. So, they will give it to us.
We had had discussions about what to do with the Armouries. Now we know: compete with the private sector again, just like with the Income and Security Building. I am sure that the private enterprise taxpayers will just love the additional City competition.
And if you think I am kidding, here is what the Mayor said in Saturday's Star
- "Francis said he believes the armoury party especially is a definitive moment, beyond an evening's temporary glamour. Holding the elite, international affair can help re-define the armoury's image and community perceptions, the mayor said.
"What this event does is it really shows the community the potential use for the armoury."
posted by JoeBlog at 6:33 a.m.
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