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Originally Posted by Matty81
You never know but I can't see many people gambling huge money on MLS in Calgary. NASL would be a great fit. I think the stadium is more important to get pro soccer started in Calgary than the league though, some fans seem to go to sports for the game day experience as much as the sport these days and the Storm/Mustangs left because of the poor facilities in my opinion. If there was a nice 3-6,000 seat stadium with some concessions and decent seating somewhere central people would turn up.
Ever since Mewata went under, the lack of a small-mid sized community stadium in Calgary for semi-pro and high level amateur sport is, frankly, pathetic for a city of that size and prosperity. I think there are nicer stadiums in Victoria and Kelowna for soccer/football with a fraction of the size. When I think of the civic government spending $25 mil on the peace bridge... anyway getting off topic. As somebody pointed out, our morons in BC spent half a billion on BC Place when the whitecaps wanted to build their own stadium and pay for it.
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I find it somewhat pathetic as well. Really the only reason we even have one decent stadium is the Olympics. Otherwise hard to believe a city this wealthy has such poor facilities.