If you build it they will come to Hamilton

From his grave, my dad is surely praying that Research in Motion co-founder Jim Balsillie will be third time lucky in pursuit of his dream of an NHL franchise.

OTTAWA—If you build it they will come. Or at least, that's what my father thought when he proposed a National Hockey League arena in an ambitious downtown Hamilton revitalization project almost 40 years ago.

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