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Originally Posted by Muta
I don't know why people are upset with delays in timelines for an announcement. This is an absolutely massive, massive project with extremely complicated financial, legal, logistical and property-based issues - so large that what is needed, more than anything, is time to build the engine that's going to be the base for this project. Things just don't 'fall into place' as I take it some of you seem to expect. This isn't some pre-fabricated warehouse in the northeast that takes one summer to build.
People can get mad and annoyed all they want but in the end, they're going to be extremely happy with the result because the Flames are doing this PROPERLY from the start.
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Originally Posted by Muta
Fine, you organize a project of this magnitude. Have fun working out all the deals for all the land and the the re-zoning headaches afterwards. Have fun negotiating all the underground utility infrastructure work. Have fun dealing with land owners who don't want to sell their property. Have fun attacking all the complicated financial issues.
You have absolutely no idea what is going on behind the scenes, and it's painfully evident you've never been involved in large-scale construction projects.
But hey, continue to bitch about the timeframe of a project that isn't YOUR money. Let me know how that works out for you.
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I understand delays and am happy they're trying to do it right. Just don't give such specific and short-term timelines and have everyone on the edge of their seats only to let them down.
I'm annoyed that he keeps giving specific timelines publicly and then watching them come and go. Particularly because the timelines he gives are short term ie. "watch for something in the next few weeks!" and then months later, he says it again. This exact scenario has been happening for 3-4 years now, it's not exactly a best practice in public engagement.