Montrealers’ money will not be invested in the construction of a baseball stadium, assured Valérie Plante on Tuesday. At the end of a meeting with the representatives of the Baseball Montreal Group, the mayoress indicated that she had asked the promoters of the return of baseball to Montreal to be transparent and to present an update of their project to the population.
“Montreal will not be the promoter of the return of baseball. There will be no public money from Montrealers in the construction of a stadium, ”said Valérie Plante during a press scrum on Tuesday noon. “That being said, it’s a project that we find interesting – we have said it from the start – but there are steps to follow and the next step for us is for the Baseball Group to update. day to the population, that they can speak about their project and their vision and answer the questions, because there are many of them. “
Ms. Plante made these comments following her meeting with representatives of the Montreal Baseball Group, led by Stephen Bronfman.
The City will present its vision for the development of the Bridge-Bonaventure sector in the wake of the report tabled by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) last year. “Everyone will be able to make a proposal for the development of the sector. So, from there the importance that the Baseball Group continues its steps and shares it publicly. “
Valérie Plante maintained that Montrealers had been very clear during the election campaign and that, for them, the priority issues were housing, ecological transition and economic development.
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