Stadiums & Arenas of Canada, Part 3

[Oilkountry]

I'm not trolling at all. Ive been listening to people on this forum try and convince me an outdated ugly money pit is too important to the fabric of its community for well over a decade. I take a 2 year break and come back to the same argument. I remember comments about tearing down the stadium would be like tearing down the eifflel Tower. Sure it has history, The same level of olympic history McMahon Stadium holds in calgary. We would NEVER be having this conversation about its Olympic history if we were talking about demolition vs renovation at even half this price tag. It would be demolition all day. And that Stadium serves a purpose far greater than the Big O. If we were talking about a 1.3 Billion reno that would attract the Als and MFC into the building i wouldn't have a bad thing to say about it even if the billion dollar roof was a must. But its a billion dollar portion of a roof for stadium with no real purpose past a convention centre, How is anyone justifying this? You could build an MLB Stadium for that amount of money. Its the decision making that really bothers me. Not the stadium or its geographical location. And the people on here acting like its such an icon on the global stage that in itself justifies a billion $ roof. What are we doing here? It doesnt even have a tenant. Its a slap in the face to tax payers. I didnt hear a single thing about partnering with the als and MFC who are both actively looking for a new home. Yes its an emotional response but its not unwarranted. People did everything but set fire to the city when edmonton gave a quarter of that money for rogers place which has had a massive impact to the city. But a billion for the Big O and nobody bats an eye. Its wild. Its actually wild.