City reaches settlement in Tim Hortons Field litigation with no additional costs to Hamilton taxpayers
Hamilton, ON – The City of Hamilton has reached a settlement agreement with the parties involved in the Tim Hortons Field litigation launched in 2016.
In keeping with the settlement, most details are confidential, however the City can share that:
- The settlement agreement settles all claims among the parties: contractors Ontario Sports Solutions (ONSS), Kenaidan Contracting, and Bouygues Building Canada; the project manager, Infrastructure Ontario; The PanAm organizing committee (Toronto 2015), City of Hamilton, and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats
- As a result of the settlement, the City is on budget and has sufficient monies remaining to complete final works at the stadium
- In addition to the funds received by the City, the settlement provides compensation to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the losses sustained by them as a result of the stadium issues
In keeping with its original mandate and commitment to residents, there will be no additional costs passed along to Hamilton taxpayers as a result of the litigation and settlement.
Council and I are pleased with the details of this agreement, and with the work of our settlement team, the contractor, the Province of Ontario and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. They worked hard and in good faith to achieve this resolution with no additional costs for the stadium passed on to Hamilton taxpayers. - City of Hamilton Mayor, Fred Eisenberger
Background
The stadium was funded by the City, the province and a federal government as part of the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games, and was meant to be delivered as a fully functioning stadium that residents and visitors could enjoy for years to come. The stadium was scheduled to be complete on June 30, 2014, but was delivered to the City on May 7, 2015. Since taking over the stadium in May 2015, the City has worked with the contractor on a number of completion and remediation works, including and not limited to an examination and remediation of all overhead speakers and other overhead fixtures, leak remediation, work on transformers, lighting controls, audio and visual systems, scoreboard upgrades, floor drains on the concourse levels, adjustments and repairs to various mechanical systems throughout the stadium.
The parties involved in the stadium litigation have been in confidential settlement negotiations since early 2016.