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Originally Posted by Muta
I'm not saying I 100% agree with how the release of this project was handled, but it is clear you have no idea the type of back work that goes into creating a concept like this, especially of this magnitude. There were many, many players involved and multiple design programming, planning and schemes, legal ramifications, negotiations, contact talks, etc. before being released.
The South Health Campus, the $1.3B project, was in the planning stages for 10 years before the RFP came out in 2005, and subsequently completed by 2013. That's an 18-year span.
I understand people's expectations and anxiety on the CalgaryNEXT project to get going, but if you knew how the development / engineering / design / construction industry really operate, you wouldn't be surprised at the timelines. Not for a project like this.
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The mayor obviously disagrees with you.
I do not.
But I also wonder KK can say the arena+stadium will cost $890MM, yet he has no clear image or renderings of how the arena and stadium will look. How can you know how much they will cost if you don't even have a design for them yet?