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Originally Posted by Tinordi
This leads me to believe it's all a smoke screen and that this has been a springboard to get the conversation started between the city and the Stampede board.
I think this proposal was just a way to start the conversation on the "Plan B" (which is actually Plan A), that being the mix of key stakeholders (city, Stampede Board, land owners) that need to hammer their heads together to make a deal. I don't think the Flames found the appetite of these stakeholders to be that forthcoming in the five years previous so they threw something out there to publicly start some type of process.
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I came here basically to post this. I hope that such a poor proposal is merely an attempt to create leverage and urgency among other stakeholders.
I have never heard any tangible evidence of Stampede vs Flames conflict (despite hearing people talk about it all the time). Much like people who always talk about the 'Stampede Board' doing this or that...in reality they aren't much different than any other corporate board providing governance/oversight (the differences lie in the unique operation that the Stampede is) - Stampede has a CEO and VP's (Full time jobs obviously) that deal with the nuts and bolts and actually develop major plans and policy decisions..of course this is with guidance from the Board, who also offers ongoing feedback and direction.
That said, it is definitely a bunch of rich old white dudes (and a few rich old white ladies) sitting in a room trying to plot the direction of the organization, but it is not a full time job for any of them.
The relationship between Stampede and Flames is certainly complex, and includes many conflicts as well as mutually beneficial outcomes. IMO both organizations are stronger together, and I think deep down both know it. A key difference is that Stampede is a not-for-profit organization - each Board member has something like a $5 share (purely symbolic) - aside from various personal business interests that are often related, they aren't making any more/less money based on the success of the organization (key benefits to being on the board being 'prestige', elite Calgary networking, and first class access to Stampede events). Murray & co.'s bottom lines are personally impacted by the decisions they make.