[kipperfan]

Originally Posted by Muta

Personally, I'm interested in living in a city that puts beautification of space and investment into outstanding and useful infrastructure as a high priority.

Not interested in just attaining the bare minimum to be happy, like alot of people in Calgary seem to be content with. Last thing I want is a world-class city like Calgary to be a glorified Regina.

If anyone has ever been to or lived in a city where infrastructure is one of the higher priorities... you'd know what I'm talking about. New York, San Francisco, Singapore and Melbourne aren't what they are by cutting corners and saying 'no' to everything.

I personally hate McMahon Stadium, turns me off from going to Stamps games. I want a world-class facility that will include football, MLS, and allows us to pursue other international events that bypass us because our stadium isn't up to par.

I've been to many of the world "great cities" including a few that you mentioned - never have I been told to go and visit the local sporting stadium. Never has a guidebook advised me the local soccer pitch is simply "can't miss" or the local ball diamond is something I need to see before leaving town. Cities aren't great or medicore based on the quality of sports facilities - fact remains the sports facilities are for the locals - nobody else cares where you home team plays its games.