Bramm Yards Master Plan

[westwardloo]

Waterloo Region hosted the Ontario Summer Games in the early 2000s after London hosted the Canada Summer Games.  Ontario last hosted the Canada Summer Games in 2022 so it would be a matter of having to wait for the cycle through the other (interested) provinces before it returned to Ontario.

Ontario summer games is not going to get any facilities built. They use existing facilities. London was able to secure funding from all three levels of government to build an olympic sized swimming pool, Which they have used to host various events since. I don't even know if you could get things built for the Canada Games anymore. 

I think The Region should seriously consider a bid for the commonwealth games. I think that is large enough event to secure some large scale investments from upper levels of government.  Maybe 2038 games, use it as a justification to have Stage 2 of the LRT constructed, a Stadium and an olympic size swimming pool. Maybe build a facility or two in cambridge to justify the LRT.  You could even Co-host with Guelph and get a trial run of the GO from Cambridge to Guelph. 

This is obviously a pipe dream though. I feel like the commonwealth games are nearing their expiration date. No one even wants to host 2026 or 2030. It used to be that the cost of hosting would provide infrastructure for residents of the cities use for decades (Commonwealth Stadium). Unfortunately now all the money goes to security which provides no lasting benefit, so governments are starting to realize its not worth hosting anymore.