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Originally Posted by ExiledFlamesFan
Was Ken King's last promise that we'd hear something by Christmas?
I'm not counting on it, especially with KK's track record of empty promises.
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I love how people here seem to think it's a matter of snapping fingers to make a complicated multi billion dollar deal happen. Lets review the complicating factors:
- downtown is the preferred location
- complicated multi party land swap if the preferred West Village option taken.
- sort through transportation concerns as it's downtown.
- potentially build a domed football stadium at the same time.
- potentially build a field house for MLS and other users.
- incorporate a massive commercial / residential element to it a la Glendale (condos, offices, restaurants, retail)
- Oh and a do it all with out taxpayer involvement so you need to figure out a funding model. Alternatively, lobby for taxpaper / Rick Bell acceptable indirect funding (or direct funding).
This isn't like building house in suburbia - where it's a simple exercise in finding a lot and deciding on the structure. It's far far more complicated. You want easy, go to Ottawa and find an empty patch of land construct an arena there - that's comparatively easy. At least Edmonton had crack land empty parking lots to work with.
I know some of the players involved and it's safe to say they have some very smart individuals working on this, and like KK says, have been working on this for many years.