Giant ‘Winnipeg’ sign being erected at The Forks
Touted as legacy piece of Canada Summer Games
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City hall is installing a giant “Winnipeg” sign at The Forks as part of its commitment to the Canada Summer Games events.
The sign, spelling the city’s name in capital letters 2.4-metres (eight feet) high and 16 metres (53 feet) wide, will be erected near the festival stage.
“This sign, located at one of our busiest gathering places, is a great way to promote our city and will be an important legacy piece of the Games,” Mayor Brian Bowman said Monday in a statement released by his office.
The statement said the $120,000 cost of the sign is part of city hall’s $175,000 pageantry support for the Games, which runs July 28 to Aug. 13.
The sign is to be erected Wednesday and lit on Saturday during the Games’ festival events at The Forks.
Jeff Hnatiuk, president and CEO of the 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society, said the sign is destined to become a “city landmark.”
“We are pleased that it will stand as a reminder of the 2017 Canada Summer Games for years to come,” Hnatiuk said.
The sign will become a permanent feature of The Forks site.
Bowman said the sign will, “help celebrate and recognize our city’s important historical contributions as well as our cultural diversity.”
aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca