Lost Games during G20 costly for the Jays

[rpannier]

The Toronto G20 summit struck out big time with the city's baseball team, prompting the Blue Jays to seek almost half a million dollars in compensation from the federal government.

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Downtown Toronto became a high-security zone late last June when leaders of the G20 countries met for talks, disrupting many popular events at the height of tourist season

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The festival experienced lost ticket, food and beverage sales, and spent additional money on security as demonstrators descended on the city, Taylor said. A lucrative sponsorship arrangement with a large hotel also evaporated because the rooms were needed for G20 summit participants.

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Not far away at the Zanzibar Tavern on Yonge St., lithe dancers of the more exotic variety apparently saw fewer patrons as well, prompting a claim of $10,832.

link:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2011/04/14/sp-summit-compensation.html

[applegrove]

1. That whole G20 was such a bloody mess. They should never do it again in downtown toronto. Thankfully

all that spending didn't impress Torontonians. They are for Iggy this election.