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Originally posted by The Familia@Feb 12 2005, 06:08 PM
How the hell can Edmonton get a new ballpark but not Calgary? If there is one thing, and only one thing this city has never stepped up to plate on and fails miserable is sporting venues. Burns Stadium is a dump, foothills (soccer pitch) is a dump, McMahon is getting old, and doesn't even fall into an above average stadium. As much as I love the Saddledome, it could still use another upgrade, more specifically to the exterior and the concourse.
It's embarassing the city doesn't put more money into these thigns. We wanna be a world class city, with world class sporting teams, but we don't have the venues to accomplish this. The last time a facility was actually built was the saddledome in 1983. Since that time we have seen a couple renos, but nothing else....21 years and nothing has ever been done since.
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All Calgary cares about is the Winter Olympics. CODA wants to spends tens of millions to upgrade facilities at COP for elite athletes only.
What about facilities for all the amateur sports in the city?? More outdoor fields & more indoor facilities which we seriously lack. Calgary is a joke compared to Edmonton when you compare facilities.
Spend the money on kids, not on some so called Olympians who have no chance at any medals on the winter world stage.