Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tie jets Winnipeg free May 1995 b3 Asper marvels at Miracle of main business group makes offer for jets by John Douglas and Bruce Owen staff reporters the Man Winni Eggers have adopted As their new Leader was holed up in a downtown office building yesterday attempt ing to save the Winnipeg jets hockey if anyone can do its Izzy As jets fan Randy Rogasky said earlier in the when some thing has to be you look to he knows what Hes while the television Mogul has ducked the limelight in recent he emerged briefly last night to speak to the free press about events of the past week events that have seen this Community raise More than million to buy the a offer to the teams owners was made last if accepted it will be announced one Way or the other next week the three Levels of government will build a new Arena North of the in route to England last said the spirit the Community demonstrated Over the past week exceeded All what weve seen is the Miracle of main he the phenom enal outpouring was rather moving offer made for a1 hurry up and c1 for All of but when you strip away the whats been accomplished is truly never before in the history of this province or in the country has a Community responded like does that make it a done Deal what it does do is encourage the army of people to carry on to see if we can take it to the next Asper said those behind the scenes drumming up donations never expected to collect Mil lion in less than a there was never a realistic Hope that in four Days one would get commitments As opposed to expressions of Asper All you can do is get evidence of the commitments Are Only pay Able if we achieve the rest of in other no one is going to com Mit to build a House and Only get Halfway and the House is so everyone is committed on a basis we Complete the which is the getting Halfway to the goal gave Asper and the Mec the Confidence to ask jets owner Barry Shen Karow if he would be willing to sell his National hockey league fran Wayne Glowack Winnipeg free press jets fan dancing Gabe does some fancy stepping on a Van before a crowd of up to people at Portage and main Chise to a group of we Are comfortable of the the the prov the City that so much has been evidenced of support that its Worth going the next which will be to attempt to arrange a Purchase with the owners and under that arrangement have enough time to Fin ish the and if the drive is sue Money not All but jets Deal doable theres time for this to work Filmon by John Douglas reporter there going for it but not All the Money needed to keep the jets in Winnipeg and build a new Arena is in the but its not a stretch to get the Job both the private and Public sector players involved three Levels of government have promised to build a new Arena North of the Forks for but when All was said and done they were Mil lion Manitoba business Community has agreed to raise million to Purchase the majority shares of the jets and establish a fund from which future losses will be As of yes that Effort was Short by i believe we can work something out just As the private sector will have to work its problems out be tween now and the Transfer Date of Premier Gary Filmon shortfall there is time for this to the government shortfall nearly crippled the Deal yesterday when human resources minister Lloyd Axworthy confirmed Ottawa will contribute no More than million to the construction of the that left Ottawa Short million from its million the City and province have prom ised million to the some of the shortfall was made up with a contribution from the pan american games commit but before the Arena is finished in governments Are go ing to have to fill a were going to have to find ways to fill that void without going to the taxpayers for any mayor Susan Thompson the City and the province have done their jets fan Michele Irvine shouts out support at downtown Ottawa could Ante up More indirectly if construction project Man agers apply for Job creation funds through the unemployment insurance Section 25 of the act allows employers to receive funding for taking people off the unemployment with a construction unemployment rate of 19 per cent in Winni sources builders could tap the National program for about another possible solution would be to contribute revenues from naming the building Over to the government that would add up to million to the construction things of that nature could be on the table but that is Fil Mon the Public funding drive peaked yesterday with the Manitoba entertainment Complex claiming to have collected More than half the million needed to Purchase the majority shares of the jets and establish a fund to cover Lon term if a final Deal is completed in the Days the Mec will pay out about million for the majority shares and cover about million in debts and Mark who oversaw the efforts to Pool said in fact the number is closer to of about million is directly from individual donations and about million is from Small a and a its impossible to say what the exact contributions Chipman Treyve been coming in so fast but its in the Chipman said the funds do not count another million already pooled from the Sale of luxury boxes and seats now that the Arena is being the Mec can begin to collect offers for the right to sell Beer and food in the new Facil Worth millions those rights Are Worth Chipman but the greatest Effort will be to calmly organize fundraising to make sure every source has been weve had an emotional outpouring of support this week and now its time for a More organized a Chipman As i was a Guy from Toronto who does business in Winnipeg came in with we have to tap into these kind of Harle Eaven win tickets Only or 3 i Call now 7886179 Harley Davidson leather jacket and leather Riding boots 24 hour hotline All major credit cards 10 prizes o Harley Davidson of Winnipeg shirts Only tickets a Vinniti a Vic ik2 Well Complete in which Case the building will be Asper said it was too Early to talk about Shenkarow role in the new Winnipeg or whatever they might be its expected the jets Boss will continue in his role As nil no decisions have been other than that the conclusion has been that theres sufficient Community support to warrant continuing on with the Asper also said he believed that an offer from Minneapolis interests was off the Asper added he was upset when Ottawa came up million Short in the supposed three Way govern ment equal funding of the new mostly because the Federal government reaps the greatest tax theres no question the by direct beneficiary is the tax till of can Ada and therefore the largest contribution is but the games not the longtime Liberal supporter Subaru its the lease you can do the coast coast Dave Fase Subaru unique full time Al wheel drive system is the ultimate safety Superior traction Means More confident driving on aay kind of in any kind of Al wheel drive safety technology is simply not available through 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