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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Nope. There could be smaller arena attached for minor hockey, curling, smaller concerts but there's no reason the main building can't house hockey, football, soccer, and baseball. Block off the upper bowl for hockey with the advantage of utilizing up to 25,000 for playoffs (playoffs???) or even 30,000 for a winter classic with the roof open. 30,000 for football with luxury suites which is a way the Stamps can make more money rather than trying to get 30,000+ in McMahon. Have the lower bowl able to shift for baseball to bring AAA baseball back and soccer field if the Flames want to get into MLS. IMO this makes a lot of sense for the Flames ownership over just another arena. Calgary needs a retractable dome because our weather is too cold for spring/fall outdoor spectator sports.
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I think recent trends in America have shown that teams/owners are very weary to shifting configurations for different playing fields. Reason being the seatings can suck for the non primary configuration (or all of them). The most common being football and baseball, have owners that are in those current setups move into new faculties that's purely intended for one sport only. I don't think Flames ownership would want to do something like that. And with NHL being the only major league here, doesn't make sense for them economically since it would cost A LOT to do that I figure.
Flames are going to make an arena that can be used for hockey, basketball, lacrosse, and conventions/concerts. And they will renovate McMahon for football and soccer I'd imagine.