City council in Regina, Saskatchewan has approved the basics of a $1-billion inner city redevelopment plan. The Canadian Football ’s Saskatchewan Roughriders would get a new stadium while its current home of Mosaic Stadium would be torn down.
REGINA, Sask.
City council in Regina has approved the basics of a $1-billion inner city redevelopment plan that includes a new home for the CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The 15-year plan covers more than 21 hectares near Regina’s downtown. Under terms of the recently approved three-phase project the Roughriders could have a new stadium as early as 2016 on land currently used as a Canadian Pacific Railway marshalling yard.
The Riders’ current home of Mosaic Stadium would be torn down and the land used for a combination of housing, retail and office development.
Mayor Pat Fiacco says 75 per cent of the money needed for the project would come from the private sector.
Fiacco also says that while the 15-year timeline appears aggressive, it shows the public and investors that Regina is serious about getting the work done.
CANADIAN PRESS
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