I was always under the impression that the land deal was already in place: two blocks north of the 'Dome, the Stampede takes the 'Dome land back?
And I was also under the impression that the West Village was a no-go because the cost of excavation is too high because of the contaminated soil that has to get trucked far away.
Wherever it may be hopefully it is something cool. I'm generally against Stempede-ish things, but to put an old twist on a modern arena, use that Nationwide brick design or something similar and replace the brick with sandstone. Brings us back to Calgary's early days and would definitely be unique. Though I don't really know if sandstone is cheap, practical or even available in the quantities to be effective for such a project but I think it'd be a cool look.
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