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Old 05-20-2013, 09:00 PM   #811
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Originally Posted by SebC View Post
I doubt the Saddledome is going anywhere, anytime soon. It's owned by the City of Calgary, and nobody's going to want to be the city council that authorized the demolition of a building that iconic.
Nobody's going to want to be on the ownership group that is paying to operate an aging facility with no main tenant and that also can't attract concerts and events because they will be at the new facility.

The only thing I can see is if the Saddledome were to be re-purposed in an innovative way that also minimizes input operations costs or offsets them with revenue.

EDIT: Actual ownership of Saddledome addressed by others above.
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