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Originally Posted by TX_Flame
The Flames aren't really even the issue here. Their $450M commitment should be able to pay for a hockey arena. Le Centre Vidéotron is costing about that much to build. The question is about a much needed replacement for McMahon and a home for the Stampeders, and they DEFINITELY are not the Patriots. A new stadium is definitely not going to be built without some kind of public/private partnership, hence the idea of marrying it to the fieldhouse project. If that can be done using the $200M the city was planning to use on a fieldhouse anyway, I could see the value in that. I'm kind of having sticker shock on CSE's $890M price tag though. Most recently built CFL stadiums were in the $200M range. Add that to the Flames $450M commitment for the arena portion and I'm only coming up with $650M. Does it really cost another $240M to add the fieldhouse functionality? And this is at a $300M savings due to combining the buildings in one? I guess I really shouldn't be worrying about it since I won't be paying for it here in H-town.
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That is a fair question. I could see the arena being on the higher end of "nice" and a little more expensive and the fieldhouse being indoors is going to cost more than some of the new CFL stadiums (which by the way look like the new high school stadiums in TX if you want to get into use of public funds) but to get to $890 including cost savings I assumed that would include some other development.
Have the Flames hired a PR firm to help then with this?