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Originally Posted by YYC23
I would like to get people's thoughts if it is possible to do the whole Calgarynext concept of an Arena, Stadium and Fieldhouse on the current land of Victoria Park in Railtown area and where the current Calgary Transit Bus Barns are located?
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Personally I think it is a non-starter, not because of land, but because the value proposition of CalgaryNEXT of being an events centre and convention space, in addition to sporting venues, is actually met wayyyyy better and in spades by the BMO centre, and particularly after what is on the books for its additions/renos. This was actually a massive flaw in the CalgaryNEXT project in the first place. The city and stampede have been making numerous plans and have spent capital on adding so much in that area, and after some of these things were already done, the Flames tried to plunk the thing somewhere completely separate. The investments on that half of the downtown, with current arena there and new arena there, include firstly the master planning for the BMO centre, the hotel, Olympic Way, and don't forget the 4th street underpass. So an arena there takes advantage of all those things already in place, or in the works. You don't then come in and say we'll add $500M or whatever so that we can compete with the better facilities you've created next door. A massive stadium will actually kill that area as it leaves less space for anything else, and completes instead of compliments.