Despite efforts to improve the Lansdowne 2.0 proposal, the final plan presents unsupportable costs, risks, and shortfalls, including:
- $656 million in debt repayment cost to taxpayers with no protection against construction cost overruns
- A smaller football stadium and hockey arena with fewer seats and higher ticket prices
- Sell-off of public space to for-profit real estate developers with no affordable housing on-site and with public subsidization of a private parking lot
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Demolition of brand-new businesses and no protection for surrounding small businesses
- 7+ years of construction with worsened traffic and congestion and no planned improvements for transportation to the site