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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Valo - are you really dead sure there won't be a new stadium? Do you have a source from anyone saying there won't be one due to the reasons you have mentioned earlier in this thread?
Not trying to be facetious, but I am curious because as far as I know, you don't have the same inside sources to the Calgary business community that some other CP'ers do. Or are you involved with some of the talks or have heard different rumors?
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I don't have any sources, and I've never said it won't happen, I just think it would be phenomenally stupid for a number of reasons and don't have any appetite for seeing taxpayer money thrown at it. There have been a few reasons mentioned that may change that (U of C wanting to use that land in another way, or being unwilling to participate in a renovation, the possibility of a JV with the Stampede spreading costs), but overall I see a stadium that would be right on par with comparable venues following a renovation. The ability to generate additional revenue seems to be minimal, and the cost of a new stadium would be substantial. If private money wants to do it then more power to them, I'd be happy to see it done and I imagine they'd spend the money to figure out if it was viable, so maybe I missed the mark with my assessment. If it takes public money to make it work then, thanks but no thanks.
I don't think some college kid working the ticket office phone line is privy to anything more than the rest of us, and if anything with any real basis was being leaked to that guy I'm pretty confident it would be in the media. Like I said, this is a huge story, it's not very likely it's staying quiet if there's anything to report.