Dear Editor. In the “real world” we pay salaries, wages, contracts etc. for jobs/work that are performed. Why are we paying Global Spectrum for not performing.
I’ve been to the AESC’s website of late and the next 3 months shows NOTHING worth seeing. The calender should have every weekend, Friday night included BOOKED.
Oh! I forgot. City managers get/got paid for non-performance, why not Global!
JHill commenting on Abbotsford Today – A Parallel Universe – Abbotsford VS It’s Citizens
The site is not booked, because, high caliber
entertainment, i am told will not come to our arena,
due to it’s size and small entertainment groups will
not attract the numbers to fill arena and so, we must
rely on middle of the road, which includes not taking
risks of not filling an arena and leaving the taxpayer
with a bigger debt.
In addition, Abbotsford cannot draw on the crowd needed
to pay for tickets for each event and those cities
surrounding Abbotsford have their own arenas and events
and others prefer to attend events in Vancouver rather
than drive out to Abbotsford on a regular basis.
Of course, Bruce Beck, the business brain behind the arena
plan did not think about these market limitations and neither
did the rest of inempt council, when it comes to making sound
business decisions for this city.