Revisiting the idea from yesterday, I still like the idea. But let's not get carried away, it is an idea. The renderings are not actual plans for buildings, yada, yada yada... Overall, this is not really a true plan yet. Amazing idea though.
Different from yesterday, I believe a lot of detail needs to become set in stone before I am completely satisfied that we move forward on the plan.
- Road upgrades and relocation etc.
- More plans for area use outside of normal event hours. A riverfront cultural/concession/food trucks area (Perhaps similar to Eau Claire but far smaller scale) as someone else mentioned could be interesting.
- Change in sharing of risks. CSE should take on just as much risk as City of Calgary perhaps. Whether this is ownership of assets or sharing of revenue or hybrid, should be discussed and options tossed out there to debate.
- Clarification on how this may affect fans (ie: How the tax on tickets and perhaps concession may occur)
- A project of this calibre I believe should still incorporate some local ideas. (yes I'm sticking to my guns even with the "small town thinking" and whatever else comments). Whether this is small local art spread out around in the local area or even bigger scale is one thing. But Olympic or worldwide events are brought over and there is a lot of art and whatnot completely imported from other areas of the world and very little local and Canadian art representation, I believe that is a shame that we cannot look at ourselves and have something to showcase. Whether it's a local professional or a group of SAIT students putting something together, I'd like to see a mixture of ideas if possible with the best being taken.
Arguing is fine, but belittling each other is a bit much, no? The reason the argument are so heated IMO is because of the lack of depth of information. Some of us are ok with lack of information because we imagine the filling in process will be addressed correctly. Others have no faith or are jaded and thus require a very strong set of structure (legal, plan otherwise) before they are happy. That's fine too.
But all in all, can we not treat this like a rowdy group in a bar and seemingly everyone screaming at each other half drunk with no one seemingly respecting one another? I see great debate in here and have even changed my own stance after seeing some great responses, but also have to sift through random amounts of garbage because someone can't have a discussion with someone of an opposing idea without calling someone else feeble minded etc.
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