My wife Stephanie and I run a local family business employing 280 people across multiple venues in Braddon and Civic. We support a city stadium because its potential reaches beyond sport and increased sales.

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Your editorial on October 8 highlights an opportunity to build a more vibrant capital ("What the Airport Group stadium pitch demands of the government").

We see first hand the increased trade that events such as Spilt Milk and Skyfire bring. Visitors stay in local hotels, eat, shop and explore Canberra. The benefits extend into the days before and after the main event. A thriving CBD needs a strong mix of hotels, shops, restaurants, entertainment and cultural attractions. Together, they give people more reasons to visit and stay longer. A visitor drawn by one attraction can become a customer of several local businesses.

But this is also about quality of life. Our capital's city centre should be a place where people want to live, work and spend their free time. Enjoying a game or concert, sharing a meal and spending time in a lively city centre should be part of that experience.

For local employers, growth gives us the confidence to invest and employ more Canberrans.

A city stadium could help create both a stronger business community and an even more vibrant capital. That deserves serious support.

Callum Barry-Murphy, Canberra

As a naturalised Australian citizen of more than 40 years, I am highly appreciative of the absolute truths exposed in your editorial of October 9 relating to the continuing rise in the total debts of all levels of the........

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