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BY TIM BAINES Communlty Editor Durham Region bas entered the bidding for a dome stadium witb a 12 page report submitted to a provincial stadium study committee. Durham lo proposing a covered stadium be bufit on one of four sites- the Stevenson Industrial Park (Oshawa), lm- mediately west of Iroquois Park and soutb of the 401 (Whitby) I, immediately west of Regional Road 23 and south of the 401 (Ajax) or north of the 3rdCon- cession 'and east 0of Whites Road (Pickering) .* Regional Chaîrman Gary Herrema la main- taining a restrained op- timism that Durbam's proposai will be accep- ted. "lWe' know it's a longsbot but if we didn't take a shot> at it we'd never getit,",he said. "I- would say We, bave about a 25 percent chan- ce of success." The proposed sites have been seiected after satsyng six requiement « >0f locational criteria. A minimum of 300 acres'is necessary' to provide àâdequate parking for the stadium faciity witb additional land available for future ex- pansions or to ac- comodate related uses. Excellent access to Highway 401 and Go Transit and future GO4--ALRT taspr tation corridor was a requirement. The sites ail involve 1 predominantly publicly-, owned lands which are q available for a gover- nment project. The sites ail exhibit a high degree of com - patibility witb adjacent land uses. The selected sites would' not threaten the current environment. Ail sites can be provided wlth municipal water and sewer ser- vices and sufficient plant capacity is available to service the proposed , covered stadium and related development. Herrema said available space for parking and new roads would be major advan- tages of the stadium being located, in. Durham. "There's only one way out of Toronto (Exhibition Stadium) right now and tbat's why there are major traffic tie-upe, " he said. Other municipalities wbicb have confirmed tbey will enter into the stadium bidding ' war are Toronto, Markham and Halton Region. Herrema dismisses' the bid by Halton as not serious. "The only reason they ,would be considered is tbey would service both Hamilton and Toronto," bhe said. " We're dloser to the major Metro market and we've got 300,000 people in thia area. 1Despite the Durhamn bid, it 'appears tbat, Toronto stifi bas the in- side track. A plan to tear down Exhibition Stadium and replace it with a $140 million stadiuxn witb a retractable dome was presented to the provin- cilreview committee last week., Premier William Davis bas already been quoted as saying a domed stadium for ,Metro was ' inevitable'. The retractable dome would be removable depending on the weatber. conditions. This answers critlc's cries that basebail was not meant to be played under a dome on sunny, hot days. Herrema adib Toronto la tbe likely site for the dome.; Paul God- frey (Metro Cbairman) doesn'tl.ike to be out- done," he said. "He's-a close buddy of Bif Davis (Ontario Premier) and be doean't want Ontario to be out- done (referring to the recent opening of the Britisb Columbia Place -the firat dome st.adium in Canada). Althougb Durbam may not be the site of Ontario's first dome stadium, Herrema said the 'proposai bas already bad a positive effect. "We want to attract attention to Durbam Region. We're saying, bey here we are," be said. "lWe're ln the big leagues now." If one of the local sites la selected, the Reglon wili then be prepared to ait down and diacusa implementation, mnecb- anisma, strategies and timing. A decision is expected sometime this faîl. 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