[News] Calgary, Alberta, & CSEC agree in principle to $1.223bn Event Centre + infrastructure

[GioforPM]

No longer saddle shaped.

[JohnnyB]

I hope it's boot shaped this time.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Locke

Danielle Smith....what has she done now?

New GM

[taxbuster]

Originally Posted by Locke

Oh what sweet fresh hell is this?

Did Smitty do something insane to try and win Calgary?

I have a bad feeling about this.

Yes.

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

Alberta is run by business savvy conservatives like Danielle, I am sure they got a good deal.

Quality #### post.

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

So how does this work if there is a change in provincial leadership? Is there risk that the deal gets scrapped?

The announcement will be contingent on the UCP winning. Typical (pre-)election announcement

[PeteMoss]

BTW Albertans - if the province is throwing in money for this - this is why we always tell you its smart to be willing to shift your vote to other parties. As soon as a party starts thinking they might lose (or could win) seats in your area - all of the sudden the money faucet starts pouring.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

BTW Albertans - if the province is throwing in money for this - this is why we always tell you its smart to be willing to shift your vote to other parties. As soon as a party starts thinking they might lose (or could win) seats in your area - all of the sudden the money faucet starts pouring.

Isn't that the truth. Coincidence we are suddenly talking about new schools, a field house and arena in Calgary? I think not.

[topfiverecords]

Last deal if what is reported was correct:
CoC $237.5M + Land + Flood Mitigation + 90% Cost to tear down Saddledome
CSEC $237.5M + $15M infrastructure + $4M climate mitigation (aka solar) + cost overruns
CoC owns. CSEC Operation + Maintenance 35 yr lease
Rumoured actual preconstruction estimate had grown to $608-$630M.

[Bonded]

Let's see how much the city and province are going to bend over for Murray. Hopefully part of the deal is that he sells the team lol

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Uhm, that's us.

Hey, not all of us

[Red_Baron]

Just build the damn thing

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Let's see how much the city and province are going to bend over for Murray. Hopefully part of the deal is that he sells the team lol

You have it backwards.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Also, don't call it centre, place or arena.

Corral, forum, palace, garden, etc.

Oh Palace gets my vote.

Edmonton with rogers place, Calgary with rogers palace.

[taxbuster]

How about the team becomes community-owned like the Green Bay Packers?

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by edslunch

The announcement will be contingent on the UCP winning. Typical (pre-)election announcement

The thing is, the Alberta NDP platform is by and large a classic PC platform, so they'll have to also commit to this. Which will piss of the left wing of the party, but the Alberta NDP don't actually care about that faction. They take them for granted and see the path forward as being way more centrist than most voters realize (largely because of a half a century of red baiting but I digress)

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

"I'm going to build an arena.... and make Edmonton pay for it!"

Fitting. Edmonton is like Canada's Mexico, except for the climate.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Cue the scoreboard/rinkboard "Vote UCP" ads for the Wranglers playoffs.

[Robbob]

Originally Posted by taxbuster

How about the team becomes community-owned like the Green Bay Packers?

That worked so well for the Oilers prior to Katz buying the team. Maybe that wasn't community owned, but there were like 100 odd owners.

[topfiverecords]

Rumour on skyrisecities is that they’ve been given a larger footprint to work with.