Comments on: Supporting Local Sports in Richmond http://alicewong.ca/2010/07/19/supporting-local-sports-in-richmond/ Member of Parliament (Richmond), Minister of State (Seniors) Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:22:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alice Wong MP Staff http://alicewong.ca/2010/07/19/supporting-local-sports-in-richmond/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Alice Wong MP Staff Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:52:43 +0000 http://alicewong.ca/?p=435#comment-757 The Richmond Olympic Oval is owned and operated by the City of Richmond and not the federal government. The funding was approximately $120 million paid for by the City of Richmond and approximately $60 million from VANOC. The federal government has no control over what the City of Richmond charges to use the facility and the parking facilities therein. The Richmond Olympic Oval is owned and operated by the City of Richmond and not the federal government. The funding was approximately $120 million paid for by the City of Richmond and approximately $60 million from VANOC.

The federal government has no control over what the City of Richmond charges to use the facility and the parking facilities therein.

]]> By: Tom Heath http://alicewong.ca/2010/07/19/supporting-local-sports-in-richmond/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Tom Heath Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:19:32 +0000 http://alicewong.ca/?p=435#comment-753 Hello Alice, As you have been actively soliciting my support recently I feel that I must express my opinion on a recent trip to the vaunted Richmond Olympic Oval with guests of ours from Germany. I had expected that as a taxpayer-funded facility we might be privileged enough to set foot inside the doors to see for ourselves and guests what a beautiful structure our hard-earned tax dollars had wrought. But no - I was informed tht a tour costing $7 each was the only way to gain entry to this grand facility! So go and look in the windows, Mr. taxpayer! What a rip-off, Alice. And I had to pay for parking as well. I think the whole thing is shameful. Thank you, Tom Heath Hello Alice,
As you have been actively soliciting my support recently I feel that I must express my opinion on a recent trip to the vaunted Richmond Olympic Oval with guests of ours from Germany. I had expected that as a taxpayer-funded facility we might be privileged enough to set foot inside
the doors to see for ourselves and guests what a beautiful structure our hard-earned tax dollars had wrought. But no – I was informed tht a tour costing $7 each was the only way to gain entry to this grand facility! So go and look in the windows, Mr. taxpayer! What a rip-off, Alice. And I had to pay for parking as well. I think the whole thing is shameful.
Thank you,
Tom Heath

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