There is a lot of "good" in that proposal. This is a good start and making it a multi-use facility is thinking big. This is also likely an opportunity to kickstart the remediation of the grounds and another will not likely present itself within the next 50 years.
The part that turns me off the most is the conceptual arena interior. A huge lower bowl, and then 3 tiers of boxes, and then seats above that can't be seen.
The prices they will charge for those lower bowl seats will price people out of the market for seats even more so than the current design. The upper bowl will feel separated from the rest. And in terms of boxes, I have been in box seats many times but never to just enjoy the game. The price is such you are making it a business event where those you invite are more important than the game, or if you're invited, there's this undercurrent of being asked for business, even if your hosts are trying hard to avoid that. I have never truly enjoyed a game from a box. The best times I've had have been in the second bowl of the Dome.
Though so much has now been funded to other infrastructure, how can this happen? The ring road, the library, the ctrain, etc etc.. This would need to be funded as a full on community project but I'm concerned that it won't benefit the overwhelming number of Calgarians who will be paying for it.
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