Moncton made it official yesterday. There will be two Maritime cities in the race to host games in 2015 if Canada wins the right to host the Women's World Cup.
City council agreed to move ahead, despite some reluctance from some local politicians . The reason for their reluctance to bring an international event to the city?
"Many people tell me they don't mean a thing to them, they don't go to them," Coun. Kathryn Barnes told CBC.ca.
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It will cost $25,000 to submit a bid and if Canada wins the right to host the World Cup and Moncton is selected to host games the city would then need to kick in another $250,000. The province of New Brunswick would likely be on the hook for another $2 million.
That's made some in the province question the need to keep pushing for events.. However, the stadium is already there. The alternative is to let it sit nearly empty.
It seems unlikely that two Maritime cities will be chosen to host games. For the CSA the decision will be whether to go with a barebones stadium already in place and renovate it up to something closer to what’s needed, or to go into a more attractive city (Halifax) and build a stadium from scratch.