Ticats withholding payments to city; Team has various concerns about Tim Hortons Field, but city says 'they're petty' (July 10)

It amazes me that the city cannot understand why the Hamilton Tigers Cats would hold back some of their payment on Tim Hortons Field. All you have to do is look back to day one. Once the money was offered to erect the Pam Am field the city fathers went wild. Do we want it, don't we want it? How long did it take to decide that? Then when they decided we want it built, where was it going to go?

There is a CFL team in the west getting a new stadium soon. But, lo and behold, while it is being constructed the team is playing at the old stadium. What a fantastic plan for someone to come up with. It has been over four embarrassing years since this whole circus came to town. The Tim Hortons company must wonder what they got themselves into. Fred Eisenberger is back in as mayor with most of the same players as when it all started and still the stadium is not completed. The fact that the city fathers cannot understand why the Tiger Cats hold back a stadium payment says a lot for the people from the mayor down.

I was born in Hamilton and have watched Hamilton teams play for about 70 years. I saw my first football game while sitting on the branch of a tree on Melrose St. The Hamilton teams playing then were the Tigers and the Wildcats. I sold pop at the football games in the stadium as a young child. The first Grey Cup I attended was in 1957. I have had season tickets for many years and did the Guelph thing plus the Moncton trip. I have been a Tiger Cat fan since day one in 1950.

The opinions I expressed are my own but, I feel many others have the same thoughts. I can be found in my seat at all home games barring a major calamity. Sec. 216 Row 10 Seat 1.

David E. Pettersen, Port Dover