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Originally Posted by getbak
The big question (that I haven't heard anyone ask King yet) is how long will it take to convert to and from the CFL mode, and how long will the building be out of commission for other uses while in CFL mode? Also, will 100% of the fieldhouse be unusable during Stampeder games, or will there still be areas (like basketball courts and workout rooms under the stands) that will still be accessible? Parking also needs to be addressed in that situation.
Also, as you say, what about Stamps practices? Plus, there's the question of Dinos and Colts games. It seems to me that the Stamps will have to have a practice facility away from the fieldhouse, or it would never be able to be in any configuration but football from June to November. I also think it will probably make the most sense for the Colts and Dinos to move their games either to Hellard Field at Shouldice or the University could either reduce the capacity of McMahon or build a smaller stadium on-campus for their home games.
On the CalgaryNext website, it says that it could host a soccer game in the morning and a Stamps game in the afternoon. That doesn't seem realistic to me, especially if they're going to need to repaint lines and add on-field advertising and stuff.
It's great to have a combined facility that can be used by everyone in the city 365 days of the year, but if it's off-limits for a considerable amount of the year because the Stamps are using it, it becomes much less useful for the whole city.
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King was asked that on one of the radio call in shows - not in quite that detail but the gist of it.
To his credit he came at it head on, recognizing they cant get public funds and then make it not very usable to the public. It has to be a fieldhouse first, and they recognize that. He elaborated a bit but nothing substantive that I remember.
I hope these are the questions the fieldhouse society is digging into as I'm pretty sure they are part of the process somewhere.