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"We're going to try to get this done as quickly as possible," [David Asper] said. He wants to build a stadium in the spirit in which both Canwest Global Park and the MTS Centre were brought about -- a private/public model that will "become a beacon for a revived and rejuvenated Blue Bombers and for the Canadian Football League".
"There's still a long way to go," he said, adding later: "We'll go a long, long, long, long way before hitting the wall on this.""This is one step. This isn't the final agreement, this isn't when we go to a shovel in the ground, by any means. There are many hurdles to come... when we're able to break ground, I think then you're going to see everybody locking arms and everything along those lines."See the full content of this document
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Bombers Deal Gains Yards
Team's board OK's plan for Asper to take ownership, build stadium
By Chris Cariou and Mary Agnes WelchTHE optics of David Asper sitting alone in the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' boardroom -- without any of the club's board members or managers -- said as much Friday about the community-owned C...See the full content of this document
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