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Originally Posted by Dalreg
So your are comparing the Provincial University with a Stadium for Regina? What are you even thinking about. The 20,000+ students don't all come from Saskatoon. In fact many come from Regina....
Everyone can come visit the university and the wonderful facilities and actually use a lot of the facilities. How many people will ever set foot on the field at this new stadium or get to use it? Honestly next to no one....
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I hate to even contribute to the discussion going on here, but to suggest that the facilities (other than walking on the grounds) at the U of S (or any university for that matter) are more accessible to the public than a new stadium would be is laughable. Where is the sign-up sheet to use the synchrotron? Can I just pop in and use the new residences next time I'm in Saskatoon? I'll even pay a small fee to do so.
If a new stadium is built,
anyone can buy a ticket to a game and use the facility (for much less than the tuition required to get you access to a few of the facilities at the U of S). To answer your question (and you can't just include using the 'field' as that is such a small part of the stadium project), very conservatively, 30,000 people/rider game x 10 games, plus 4-5 Thunder games per year, plus highschool football, plus soccer etc. etc. puts the answer to your question
well over 300,000 people per year to use the facility. Next to no one??
Now I'm a big proponent of post-secondary education and am not saying a stadium should be a priority over funding the provincial universities (not that its a one or the other situation anyway), nor do I care about keeping score between the two cities. But saying a lot of facilities at any university are more accessible to the public, or used by more people than a stadium would be makes about as much sense and suggesting the stadium will pay for itself with all the extra big name concerts it would bring in.