Ontario taxpayers will fund 2,500 parking spots for the spa and other attractions at a redeveloped Ontario Place — 700 spots more than required under the province’s newly revealed 95-year lease with Therme.
Premier Doug Ford’s government released details of the lease on Thursday after years of public concern, secrecy and controversy over plans to replace trees and other natural features with a towering indoor spa and water park on the shuttered theme park’s West Island, along with an expanded Budweiser Stage and relocated Science Centre.