Michael Tibollo: Tourism Stakeholders and Ontario Place

michael tibollo: Michael Tibollo, Minister Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, referred to the state of Ontario Place in harsh terms at a discussion with tourism stakeholders on Tuesday, calling it shameful and a disgrace, according to The Toronto Star. Steve Russell / Toronto Star In a wide-ranging discussion with tourism stakeholders on Tuesday, the minister slammed the state of Ontario Place on multiple occasions, calling it shameful. The comments highlighted the minister's overall philosophy and priorities for Ontario Place and indicated the government's eagerness to attract investment to the waterfront site that has been mostly unused since 2011, when the Liberal government shuttered the money-losing theme park west of Toronto's downtown. He unfavourably described a recent site visit in cinematic terms, saying, I feel like I'm walking through a Fellini film, and remarked on the peeling paint on buildings that have not been maintained. He also raised the idea of integrating Ontario Place with the city-owned Exhibition Grounds and invoked the idea of a monorail to ease transportation concerns to and at the site. In its place, the minister expressed the desire for an ambitious vision to turn Ontario Place into a jewel, saying that doing so would require working with more than one developer. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.