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Originally Posted by DFO
My main issue with the plan is the city backed CRL. The 'build and they will come' notion is clumsy. For the CRL to fly there has to be a significant amount of commercial development lined up and built right on the heels of the arena complex. But what are the chances a pile of commercial development dollars are going to materialize as we get further into a recession? The city has a glut of downtown office space and there seems to be piles of condo towers already going up elsewhere around the core. Is there need for more of those types of developments in the West Village any time soon?
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Agreed. Will the West Village need to be developed at some point? Probably. Is it a good idea to develop it now, while the East Village is still in its infancy? No. Especially not in what is likely to be a 3-4 year recession in this city, with a surplus of office and condo space.
The timing on this is terrible. People are using the purchase of the Stamps as an excuse, but surely the Flames have been thinking about a new arena since long before then. Colley-Urquhart mentioned that the Flames have been batting things around with the City for 10 years now.
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Originally Posted by bax
Is it ever. Almost makes this thread unreadable
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Again, this thread is probably the most pro CalgaryNEXT forum in the city. If people can't handle this level of dissension, I don't know what they do when they pick up a newspaper, listen to the radio, or even listen to friends and co-workers talk about the proposal. The great majority of Calgarians are not onside with this. And I expect things will get even more heated once King starts making veiled threats to relocate, as is almost inevitable in these cases.
It's probably just the beginning of negotiation. The numbers will change, the proposal will be scaled back, alternatives will be vetted. But things will get a lot uglier than this before it's all said and done. If people want a place where posters only enthuse about the proposal, it's probably best to start a separate thread.