THE DREAM DIES

January 17, 1982

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No Summer Games for North Shore

TOMORROW, Janua-
ry 18, is the deadline
for applications for
communities that want
to host the 1984 or 1985
B.C. Summer Games.

But when the office of the
Provincial Secretary con-
siders applications from the
various municipalities that
want to host the games in
either of those years, there
won't be any from the North
Shore.

North Vancouver City,
North Vancouver District
and West Vancouver all
voted last fall to submit a
joint application for the 1984
games.

A committee was struck to
prepare a joint application
and to look into a possible
site for a junior stadium m
which to hold the games.

But reality soon raised its
ugly head as the committee,
composed of staff members
from the three
municipalities, reported that
applications for the games
had to be in by January 18,
and that they had to include
the location of existing or
proposed games facilities. _

“As it is extremely
unlikely that even a final
selection of the site will
occur by the deadline, it is
unrealistic to pursue the
1984 games,” said F.A.
Smith, deputy City director
of development and

licensing services, in a
report to his council.
Deadline for the 1985

games is also January 18, he
said.

City council decided
December 14 not to apply
for the games in either 1984
or 1985.

West Vancouver
Municipal Clerk Doug Allan
said the intent of the original
motion was that all three
municipalities would par-
ticipate or West Vancouver
wouldn't get involved.

Therefore, City’s decision
killed the dream of the B.C.
Summer Games for the
North Shore.

NO STADIUM

And with that dream, the
vision of a junior stadium
has also faded, at least in the
foreseeable future.

Neither North Vancouver
District nor West Vancouver
has taken any action since,
but North Van City council
has rejected a proposal to
even begin a study of a
stadium site.

The study had a projected
cost of $12,000, of which
$3,000 would have been
provided each by North
Vancouver City and West
Vancouver, and the other
$6,000 by the District.

The three municipalities
had wanted a stadium with
3,000 to 6,000 seats, ar
tificial turf, and training
facilities.

City Alderman Ralph Hall
also suggested possibily
covering the stadium.

“Our weather can get
pretty grim at times.”

However, two months
later he was telling council it
shouldn't be looking at a
stadium at this time.

“Other things, such as the
waterfront park, should take
priority,”” he said in
November.

Smith suggested the North
Shore look into hosting the
games in 1986 but City
Alderman Gary Payne said:

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The games would only
have been a catalyst for the
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But Alderman Stella Jo
Dean disagreed about the
lack of support for the
games.

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mecting, argued there was
“no ground swell of support
for the sammer games.”

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