All valid points about the lakefront being underutilized, but the fact is the stadium WILL be a draw to events hosted there, no matter where we place it. In my opinion, we are much better off to put it near downtown so people are drawn there instead of at the very edge of city limits, where no visitors will actually come into the city before or after their event.
A stadium downtown means that spectators can make a day out of the event at any time of year. That's simply not the case at confederation park.
Our lakefront is COMPLETELY different from Toronto's. Our city was built on the bay, not on the lake. Our downtown is close to the Bay, Toronto's is close to the Lake. Hamilton just happens to stretch out far enough to touch the lake as well as the bay. Hamilton itself is on the bay whether you like it or not!
Putting our stadium by the lake would be akin to toronto putting in a stadium on lake ontario -- but putting it at
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