Grand Prix de Formule 1 de Montréal

[yarabundi]

Jesus Yarabundi are you a menonite or something? I strongly believe you're living in the wrong century... The clothes you're wearing, the car you're driving, the food that you eat are items whether you like it or not ...commercially influenced.

I'm only saying that people are more intelligent that you think. They won't let themselves be influenced in the choice of their next vacations just because they just saw the GP of Canada on TV. If this would be the case, what would prevent them to choose Belgium, France, England or Australia for that matter or any other destination that has a GP ?

[ToxiK]

I'm only saying that people are more intelligent that you think. They won't let themselves be influenced in the choice of their next vacations just because they just saw the GP of Canada on TV. If this would be the case, what would prevent them to choose Belgium, France, England or Australia for that matter or any other destination that has a GP ?

 

Then, that makes less than 20 cities to compete with for tourism. Better to compete with 20 cities then 200 cities. The Grand Prix gives us an advertising edge that most cities dont have. And if advertising just doesnt work, then why organizations everywhere spend billions of $ every years in publicity?

[yarabundi]

And if advertising just doesnt work, then why organizations everywhere spend billions of $ every years in publicity?

Maybe it is to give these cities or these country the impression to be part of a very selective group !! Maybe it is to please the needs of these cities and country political élite ? Maybe it is for show-off ?

Maybe all of this is so superficial that it is worthless to spend all these efforts for so little impact ?

[peluche]

Maybe it is to give these cities or these country the impression to be part of a very selective group !! Maybe it is to please the needs of these cities and country political élite ? Maybe it is for show-off ?

Maybe all of this is so superficial that it is worthless to spend all these efforts for so little impact ?

 

 

I cannot believe any one could hold such a position. Né pour un petit pain. Désolé, je te respecte comme personne mais ta position en dit long sur notre collectivité.

[Habsfan]

Né pour un petit pain. Désolé, je te respecte comme personne mais ta position en dit long sur notre collectivité.

 

Ouch!! JE n'osais pas le dire, mais il y a un peu de vérité dans ce qu'il dit!

 

Croire que ça ne vaut pas la peine de sauver le PLUS GROS ÉVÉNEMENT AU FVCKING CANADA est une preuve que plusieurs Québecois(es) on toujours cette maudite mentalié de colonisé/né pour un p'tit pain!

[peluche]

Petit building pas trop haut.....petits festivals locaux......petit pain. Think small. J'espère que Toronto va sauter sur l'occasion si Montreal perd cette course. La plupart des québecois s'en fout. Montreal continue sa descente pour ne devenir qu'une cute ville régionale et provinciale.

[ErickMontreal]

Grand Prix rescue squad seeks new promoter for race

Delegation returns from london. Politicians optimistic after 'very good' meeting with Formula One boss Ecclestone

 

The Gazette

Published: 6 hours ago

 

The race to bring the Canadian Grand Prix back to Montreal gets up to speed again this morning, as government officials start meeting in earnest to find a new promoter for the event.

 

On the heels of a "very good" meeting yesterday in London with Formula One czar Bernie Ecclestone, Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay, Quebec Economic Development Minister Raymond Bachand and federal International Trade Minister Michael Fortier said last night it is "possible" the revenue-producing event could take place next year and for years thereafter.

 

Ecclestone, who this month dropped the Grand Prix du Canada from the 2009 schedule of 18 F1 races, met with the trio for 21/2 hours yesterday.

 

The weary-looking travellers, who held a news conference at Trudeau airport after having flown to London and back in 24 hours, would not answer the biggest question hanging over their mission: How much will it cost to rescue the race?

 

"We have a better understanding of the issues and the challenges" involved in rescuing the race, Tremblay said.

 

Although figures of $10 million to $20 million to salvage the event have been bandied about, the trio were cagey about what they discovered on their trip and how much private investors - and taxpayers - might have to pay to win back F1's favour.

 

If hotels, restaurants and other downtown businesses are willing to help financially, governments will as well, Bachand said.

 

"It will be a reasonable amount," he said of any public funding. "It will be well under the (amount of) cash we, the taxpayers of Quebec, get in our pockets when Americans, other Canadians and Europeans come here and spend money" for the event.

 

Spending some public money to retain the sales tax revenues the Grand Prix generates is well worth it, he added.

 

The Grand Prix shines a week-long global spotlight on Montreal and is estimated to pump about $80 million a year into the local economy.

 

The event may have to be twinned with other cultural events to work, Bachand said.

 

Fortier said he had spoken to Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté, but only for advice.

 

Laliberté did not indicate he was interested in being a key financial player in the effort to save the race, as was reported yesterday in La Presse.

 

Laliberté "knows Ecclestone very well and so I got his advice on the racing world," Fortier said. "It was very useful."

 

The Peel St. Merchants' Association has said it will chip in, but it hasn't said how much.

 

Tremblay and Bachand said they have already received calls from interested parties.

 

"Anyone else who is interested should give us a call right away," Tremblay said with a smile.

[ToxiK]

Maybe it is to give these cities or these country the impression to be part of a very selective group !! Maybe it is to please the needs of these cities and country political élite ? Maybe it is for show-off ?

Maybe all of this is so superficial that it is worthless to spend all these efforts for so little impact ?

 

Not just cities or countries, but big and small businesses everywhere. It isnt just to show off, it works!

[Malek]

Montreal continue sa descente pour ne devenir qu'une cute ville régionale et provinciale.

 

 

C'est ça que je vois depuis des années, tous ces projets pour calmer Montréal, tramway cute, rues plus étroite, ça fait plus cute, ça calme les gens, c'est plus silencieux, ça tue le "hustle and bustle" de la ville... la vie nocturne va suivre, elle va mourir. On va se ramasser dans un Bordeaux à 3.5 millions d'habitants:yawning: :yawning:

[JFrosty]

C'est ça que je vois depuis des années, tous ces projets pour calmer Montréal, tramway cute, rues plus étroite, ça fait plus cute, ça calme les gens, c'est plus silencieux, ça tue le "hustle and bustle" de la ville... la vie nocturne va suivre, elle va mourir. On va se ramasser dans un Bordeaux à 3.5 millions d'habitants:yawning: :yawning:

 

Aussi ben se pendre tout suite avec une visison de même.