We didn’t even make a short list. And SkyDome is now 26 years old.

Larger minds than this one — save for those behind Markham’s ill-fate attempt at an NHL franchise — finally figured out we should build such sporting structures where people live or can easily access them by public transit.

See downtown Pittsburgh, Detroit and Toronto for solid examples. (On the other hand, Boston and Pittsburgh built their summer concert amphitheatres in the boonies and beyond, for some odd reason.)

Next?

Tennis Canada wanted an upgrade on its tired, old facility at York during the 1990s. A proposal to plunk it in Gormley, where Clublink’s golf courses lie north of Stouffville road, was proffered. Local politicians were into it. Meetings were held. Many a story was written in the Stouffville newspapers.

Snubbed again. The stadium wasn’t being volleyed north of Steeles Avenue after all.

Stouffville was also briefly in the running, we were told, for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum which has flourished instead in St. Mary’s, Ont., since moving there from the T-Dot in 1998.(The ball hall seemed like an odd fit from the get-go, since baseball wasn’t being played in Stouffville at the time.)

So, we must travel to our sporting events and concerts, hopefully via GO Transit, going almost door-to-door to the homes of the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Jays and Argos, whatever you want to call those places.

Jim Mason is editor of The Sun-Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @stouffeditor