I like the general idea of what was done today. As KK said, the city and province were at an impasse on the land and this should be the catalyst to get things going. This is the only spot to do this. The Flames cant secure that much land from the Stampede and anywhere else would be a death sentence. I do hope however that this is not the final design and that is being reserved for later once the land is re-mediated and more details are finalized, see Bunk's post for the design concerns. I also believe that $200M is not the final number from the Flames. I think that there will be push back from tax payers and the City/Province and the Flames may have to settle for $300M+ and maybe even $300M for the ticket tax.
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