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Date: Sun, May 19, 2013 to Sat, May 25, 2013

Topic: Downtown Development

2013-05-23

Letter of the day: Is the 'big picture' smaller shows on the Hill?

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: D10

Topics: Downtown Development, Convention Centre, Downtown Vision

Catgeories: Downtown Development

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To the Editor : I am writing today to express my dismay at the probability of no show at the Hill this year. — My advice to Moncton City Council would be to stop trying to think so big. We don't need one big showstopper once a year or every second year at Magnetic Hill. I pose the question: why can't we have lots of smaller shows that cater to 5,000 to 10,000 people every summer? I have a case in point to reference. It's a place most locals don't know about, called Meadowbrook Concert Pavilion...  Read article

2013-05-21

Many unknowns for events centre

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Times & Transcript

Location: D8

Topics: Downtown Development, Downtown Parking, Convention Centre

Catgeories: Downtown Development

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To The Editor : Further to Mr. Cunningham's article (May 10) re downtown centre; quote: 'The truth is nobody yet knows what the centre will cost, even assuming there are no overruns. Anyone who claims we can't afford it is talking through their hat, expressing fear, not fact. — Uncertainties remain, but it doesn't equate to being an ill-advised project.' The opposite can just as logically be said: 'Anyone who claims we can afford it is talking through their hat.' Quote: 'It'll also depend on...  Read article