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Originally Posted by azzarish
What's McMahon's capacity? Close to 40,000? But the fieldhouse would support 30,000. Am I the only one that find's that a bit strange?
Surely, you would increase the capacity or get to close to whatever McMahon currently supports. So, if the stadium is MLS ready now (even though it wouldn't be sustainable in today's Calgary market) it would still only hold 30,000. If we're going full out with a state of the art facility why not have more seats?
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It's all about money right now. More seats means bigger means more money and the project is already pricey. Stampeders are averaging about 28k per game attendance which has been pretty consistent over the past decade. What purpose would be to build another 10k seats which will be unused 99% of the time? Take a look at a Lions or Whitecaps game in BC place. They have the top row tarped off and it's just a waste not to mention not the greatest environment sitting in a half empty building. I imagine they would design the stadium with future expansion in mind in the event there is an Olympic bid or something of that order.