{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Matter of 'Fax","title":"Derek Martin + The Future of the Wanderers Grounds","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0d49bc93\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3273,"description":"Season 4 continues with James Collins and Alec Cranston, though James joins from his sickbed, loaded up on throat lozenges, while Alec runs the studio on his own. This episode is about one of the biggest questions facing the city: what happens next at the Wanderers Grounds?\nHalifax Wanderers FC owner Derek Martin explains how a weedy, neglected field became the home of professional soccer in Halifax. He talks about why the \"pop-up\" stadium was only ever meant to be temporary, and why he's now pitching City Council on a privately funded modular stadium on a 99-year land lease, which he says would cost taxpayers very little. He also covers what the plan could mean for concerts and events, and for Halifax's ability to compete for big shows.\nAlong the way, they cover:\nInsane as the Crane: the \"Lake America\" sweaters, an AI photo that went viral, and the CEO who lost her job over it\nThis month's Harbour of Lies: Enos Collins, the Nova Scotia privateer whose bank became part of CIBC's history (\"he put the R in banker\")\nJames's accidental three Harbour Hopper tours in 15 hours\nHow a beach volleyball event on the waterfront led Derek to the Wanderers Grounds\nThe rugby game that was cancelled after the field ended up with \"crop circles\" of burnt grass\nWhy the Wanderers Grounds has been a fenced sports venue since the 1880s and has never truly been open space\nSurviving COVID, a two-year city study, and a $120M worst-case estimate\nLife at the pop-up stadium: no washrooms, no running water, and shipping-container locker rooms\nJames on Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, which was in use 300 days a year\nWhy concert promoters start every show $2 million in the hole, and how a permanent venue changes that\nThe road ahead: HRM review, a council decision targeted by year-end, Maybank Field, and a 2028 opening goal\nHow Haligonians can make their voices heard with their councillors\nChapters:\n00:00 Cold open \n00:16 Intro: Alec alone in the studio, James sick in bed \n02:45 Insane as the...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LAntA8WqLKeCRoIQGds3uY88ztzrD_L5JUTvmWGt0sQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZGQ0/N2EwZGNmMTJhYmU4/MzFlNWMzODAzNGVk/NWM4ZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}