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Olson has pushed back, arguing in a counterclaim filed in April, that it was essentially forced to do a rush job in order to meet an accelerated timetable and that the stadium owners signed off on the very problems they are now blaming the company for.
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“However the original building design didn’t contemplate an event during the coldest period of our winters.” “The original design did include provisions for cold weather use,” Andrew Konowalchuk, Triple B’s chairman, claimed in a television news interview. The defects range from no power for broadcast trucks to cracks in the concrete to drafty suites where the executive class likes to root for its teams. The stadium’s owners, Triple B Stadium Inc., an entity created by the city and province, detailed 42 different defects in a lawsuit filed last spring in Manitoba provincial court in Winnipeg against construction manager Stuart Olson Construction Ltd., Calgary, and architect Raymond S.C. Adopting Technology for Financial Insightīut the stadium, which has hosted numerous sporting events and concerts since opening in 2013 and is home to the football Blue Bombers, so far has disappointed the city and province governments that built it.Miller said he hopes the agreement will go through in shot order. "Having previously advocated for changes to Triple B, the Mayor believes this is a step in the right direction and he looks forward to seeing a report from the City’s public service so he can continue to protect taxpayers while supporting our Grey Cup Champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers," a spokesperson for Bowman told CTV News. Part of the new deal proposes the City of Winnipeg modify its legal obligations of Triple B which would allow for entertainment funding taxes and facility fees on tickets sold to go towards the IG Field capital fund contributions and stadium operations.Ī spokesperson for the City of Winnipeg said the city is aware of proposed changes from the province, and will be preparing an administrative report for City Council's consideration.Ī spokesperson for Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said he is pleased to see changes coming to the agreement. Miller said he has been working with the province on this agreement for many years, and said he looks forward to working with the City of Winnipeg. "It is a good step forward in protecting a community asset of the Investor's Group Field," Miller told CTV News Friday evening. It is welcome news for Winnipeg Blue Bombers President and CEO Wade Miller. The province said the Winnipeg Football Club would be responsible for managing it. The province is proposing a new capital account of $10 million which would be used for ongoing capital repairs at the stadium. The province said although the Winnipeg Football Club and Triple B have been making all their payments-the current agreement has created a situation where the capital funding to maintain IG Field remains with no balance and there's no way to sustain the fund going forward.įielding said the current agreement was “poorly designed and exposes all parties involved to an unacceptable level of risk." The province said the current agreement was negotiated by the previous NDP government in 2011, which approved two loans totalling $160 million for the construction of the new stadium. which includes University of Manitoba, the City of Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Football Club. In a late news release Friday evening, Manitoba's Finance Minister Scott Fielding said the province is proposing a new agreement between the province, the Winnipeg Football Club and Triple B Stadium Inc. The Province of Manitoba wants a new agreement with the Winnipeg Football Club and IG Field's ownership group Triple B Stadium Inc.