It appears last spring’s flooding that caused half a million dollars in damages to Winnipeg’s new football stadium still hasn’t been completely cleaned up.

The damage to the luxury suites was repaired long ago, but Bombers CEO Wade Miller says who pays for it — and whether the problem has been completely resolved — remains an issue.

Miller made the revelation Friday, when pressed on whether everything is good to go at the stadium for next year’s Grey Cup game.

“Obviously we still have our ongoing insurance issue that’s being worked through right now, with regards to what occurred in the spring,” Miller told reporters at the launch of the Grey Cup Festival logo and slogan.

Last year’s spring thaw revealed a design flaw in the facility, as water from melting snow on the roof ran down onto the seating area and flowed into the suites.

On Friday, Miller was unable to give a final tally on the cost to remedy the problem, or even confirm the problem has been fixed.

“There has been some work done. And it’s something we’re staying on top of,” he said. “We’re going to do the best we can this winter. And it’s still an ongoing insurance claim. I can’t talk any further about it.”

At the time of the flooding, Miller vowed the community-owned football team wouldn’t be responsible for the damage.

"It'll be covered by the designer of the building and the builder — I can assure you of that," Miller vowed then.

Friday, he couldn’t guarantee it won’t happen again next spring.

“I can’t predict the future,” he said. “I’m going to say we’re going to do everything we can to ensure it doesn’t. And we have engineers that have provided us guidance on that.”

The two-year-old stadium was plagued with design flaws, from lack of field access for concerts to a lack of planning for cold weather.

BBB Stadium, Inc., a board representing the city, province, the Bombers and the U of M, borrowed $10 million to make improvements, while a dispute with the builder was resolved with the help of an additional $1.5 million from the provincial government, the project’s primary funder.

Last March, the day the CFL officially awarded the Grey Cup game to Winnipeg, the province kicked in another $3 million for insulation and other cold-weather improvements.

The Bombers begin paying their share of the stadium’s original cost, in the form of $4.5 million annual loan payments to the province, this year.

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