[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Boxman

I grew up in Calgary in the 90s and moved away in the early 2000s, just when the oil boom started to get going. As far as I know the city and its residents did not consider themselves a new, opulent "World Class City" of concerts and sports events.

There's nothing wrong with the Saddledome. This issue will simmer, go away, and resurface in a couple of years, either when oil prices go back up, or when using the Saddledome is really no longer feasible.

If people want to watch hockey, they'll watch hockey. If you make your hockey marketing about your pretty stadium, shiny bathrooms and leather seats, then you'll have trouble sustaining ticket sales in the long run.

Better to have cheap tickets sold to fans who couldn't care less about how the stadium looks. The new stadium looks to me like it would be just as much fun as the old one. I think people in Calgary haven't changed - despite the what some say, we're still a bunch of tightwads that use what we have until it's no longer usable. This is deeply embedded in Calgary's DNA. We make do with what we have, and we should make do with the Saddledome.

Couldn't disagree more. I think your pulse on Calgary is completely incorrect on all fronts