𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤—𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐀𝐏 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 ‘𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬’ 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬.

The City states the AAP court challenge resulted in a 6-month delay and $4–5M in Multiplex costs due to tariffs and economic uncertainty—based on vague “inflationary assumptions,” not a clear, itemized cost breakdown.

But the timeline doesn’t support the claim:

The court process took about 4 months—not 6—and included Christmas/New Year’s, when work slows or pauses.

The original 2025 timeline (now quietly replaced on the website) confirms the project was still in validation and design during this period.

Construction wasn’t scheduled to start until fall 2025.

So what was actually delayed—or exposed to inflation—to justify $4–5M in added costs, when the project was still in validation and design—not in procurement or construction?

The City points to tariffs and “economic uncertainty”—but those affect every project.

Meanwhile, the project keeps growing—and so do the costs:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲—𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐢𝐭.

Read the Castanet article here: Delays, new features push cost for City of Kamloops arena multiplex past $154M