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Originally Posted by Qwerty
Small Update (Unsure what the latest in this thread is): Nothing ground breaking
I was at last night flames game (through the Top Shelf Experience) and we got to talk with Ken King a little during dinner. The new arena was brought up and Ken King talked a little about it. Some interesting tidbits he was able to share:
- The project is going to be a billion dollar project.
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I don't know what the situation is with your CFL team, because I don't follow it, but when he says a billion dollar project, I take it to mean it'll be not just an arena (though that'll probably be 60% of that budget), but rather the development of the surrounding area into a more entertainment district. So I imagine not only you'll have the arena, but maybe casino slots attached, restaurants, bars, shuttles, etc. Basically what the Leafs did with the area around the ACC. In today's era you don't want to build like the Sens in the middle of nowhere and hope that fans come. There has to be that infrastructure around the arena so before and after the games people have things to see and do. At the end of the day I'd imagine the first phase may be a billion dollars, but I wouldn't be surprised if there's more to be announced a few years in, to include much more because a billion probably isn't much if you decide to build condo's and office towers and things like that.