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Originally Posted by Cleveland Steam Whistle
Why is it embarrassing. I get that you might want this city to be a part of the World Cup bid, but again, all that's saying is Calgary isn't a soccer city. Personally for you, and many others likely thats upseting. But in isolation, that means nothing about the city of Calgary.
Calgary is one of the few cities in this country that could be set up to host an Olympic games (winter). Are other cities that aren't an embarassement. The point is, you can't site the inability to participate in ONE event as an indication of a lack of world class facilities in the city as a whole. Doing that is plain and simple in accurate.
Calgary is set up to host Olympics, NHL hockey, NBA basketball if needed, CFL football, concerts, etc..... (and a new arean is meant to maintain our position to do the above in the future as the facilities are antiquated).
Calgary is clearly not set up well to host NFL football, Soccer or any form of Baseball.
We absolutely don't need to check everything off that list to be a world class city. This city has hosted Olympics, hosts one of the most world renound festivals in the world, along with plenty of other things. If this city simply never becomes a soccer city, it means nothing in isolation.
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So Calgary isn't a soccer city because they don't have the proper facility? I disagree with you there. Calgary actually is a soccer city and has always had problems finding enough playing surfaces to field games. There's always a shortage. I'm sure Mango and Ozy can testify to this, too.
And I'm sorry, but if you think McMahon isn't an embarrassment of a stadium, you obviously haven't been to many stadiums. This city has the money to do so much better. Sometimes, you have to make an investment. Would you keep a car for fifty years because you don't feel like spending money on a new one? I sure as hell wouldn't. Millions of people around the world purchase new cars every year - ones that run better, have better technology and are more suited to today's lifestyle. Not sure why arenas don't count here.
Last thing - Calgary wouldn't be able to host another Olympics unless another massive injection of money came in to upgrade the crumbling facilities we have... they're outdated and not suited to today's Olympic standards - McMahon included. This isn't 1988 - that was a quarter century ago.