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Originally Posted by getbak

Another story in today's Herald: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...omes-drawbacks


Today's topic: Concerts bypassing Calgary because the Saddledome can't accommodate them.

In private meetings with Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s staff, King cited this problem. The mayor’s aides weren’t convinced of the magnitude. Policy adviser Josh White phoned up LiveNation’s Vancouver office in 2011 to find out the extent of the issue. Low told him the city may miss two to five concerts a year primarily because of the ‘Dome roof’s load-bearing limit, a number which he revised slightly for 2015.

2-5 concerts a year not the end of the world. No Maroon 5? Oh no.