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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
Do the Flames players under contract at the time get sent to other clubs via a dispersal draft while the club takes a 3-4 year hiatus for the arena to be built?  |
I was not quite clear enough, Vulcan nailed it.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I took it he meant that the football stadium would be built where the Saddledome is. The new arena would already be built before the Dome was razed.
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New arena ready in 2017, new stadium starts construction in early 2018 after Saddledome demolition, ready in time for the 2020 Stampede and Stampeders seasons. A $400 million stadium wouldn't make sense for a 10 game CFL season, but if you add 10 days of rodeo (or more if the Stampede grows in length), 4 or 5 stampede concerts, large convention capability, potential of a future Flames owned MLS team (in a stadium that could be curtained off, similar to BC place), the economics could work better. Particularly because when you're looking for government funding, the primary tenant isn't a for-profit pro sports team, it's an iconic non-profit community event.