"Architects have compared the new Varsity to a scaled-down Camden Yards in Baltimore, the baseball stadium that helped establish a return to old-fashioned sporting vistas after stadiums for decades had outdone each other setting new standards of grey and drab."
So U of T was able to keep their space and do something good with it. A public institution accomplished something that private enterprise couldn't. Who knew?
Woolsey also mentions that U of T is fundraising to build a high-performance centre for Olympic athletes, which is good to hear since Corporate Toronto was never going to get off its butt here (oh, but would you like to buy a condo?). It's really kind of astounding that none of Canada's individual-sport medal winners from the Turin Olympics actually came from the country's largest city.
As for the much maligned U of T football program and the Canadian university game, having modern facilities should help Blues coach Steve Howlett with his recruiting. A university football team that is relevant with the CIS is essential for getting all-powerful Southern Ontario media to take the league seriously. Aside from The Score, no one is going to go to Saskatoon or Quebec City to see how well the game can be played.
I've said that U of T needs to adopt the Laval model to ever get back to winning ways in football, but that's probably pipedream thinking.
Talk to you later. Send your thoughts to neatesager@yahoo.ca.
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