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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
It's funny that Ken King mentioned Yellowknife's field house (assuming Nehkara's comments are correct). That facility cost $22 million in 2006. It's a very plain facility, but I'm assuming it serves the community just fine. Why don't we just build something like that to fulfill the cities recreational needs?
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You dont become a world class city by doing the bare bones. Its also not about trying to glamorize the city with fancy new facilities. If we want to be a world class city we have to attract the world's best people to live here. Plain and simple. If we ever want to un-hinge Calgary's dependence on the Oil & Gas industry and expand into other markets, we need the worlds most talented people. Why would these indemand people come to a city that doesn't offer the same level of living as the cities we will be competing with.
It goes deeper than just financial justifications, think longer term.