Concerning Stampede, the current CEO (Vern) is retiring, and being replaced by Warren Connell - the VP who was in charge of park development/expansion...most of which has gone quite well (new Ag building, BMO halls, river park, new bridge, etc.), though the retail development of Olympic Way/Stampede Trail never came to fruition. Vern was a CFO money guy...Warren is a big project development type guy (would also be a key stakeholder in any future Olympic bids).
A big thing Stampede was working towards was a 17th Ave underpass (under LRT) that would connect with Olympic Way in front of Saddledome. That could definitely be a project tied into the Big Four location...
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