I actually think the mass opposition to this is a product of group think and not really rational, aside from 4 pictures and a proposed funding breakdown. there was absolutely nothing in the presentation that anyone following this board didn't know going ahead of time.
We knew it was in the west village.
We knew the land was contaminated
We knew it was Hockey/Football/Field House
We knew it was $1B +/-
We knew the Flames would not put up 100% of the funding up front.
Really the only two things that were disappointing from the presentation were the funding breakdown and how little they had to show. But neither of those have anything to do with the concept or if it can work. It just tells me it is a much bigger hill to climb than I thought it would be to make it work.
Do I support the concept? Yes
Do I think they have presented a feasible plan to complete this project? No
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