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Originally Posted by browna
2013 flood repair ring a bell? Compressing 5 months of work into 2? With crews in there within 2 days after the flood?
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Who actually paid for this? My bet is the Alberta/Canada government for flood relief.
A quick google search didn't turn up who actually paid for it. Maybe you have a source to show that the Flames paid for it?
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The refurb in 2004 of the nosebleeds, which were closed in the late 90's, and not opened until easrly 2004 when it looked as it the Flames needed.
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The problem with the Saddledome is the dated concourse and the structure not being designed to support modern concerts. The renovation of the nosebleeds was clearly economical, but renovating the concourse for fan experience clearly was not. My issue is basically that they are trying to put clearly uneconomical things onto the city, while trying to keep all the profits for themselves.
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Also, as an example, the ice plant has been replaced 4 times in the life of the building. It can't be made any better than it is, given everything else with the rest of the building, but its just as expensive to build and maintain in a brand new building.
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Fair. I'd consider this an operational cost rather than actual improvements to the building though.
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-Coyotes are likely moving from Glendale, to somewhere else in Phoenix, given the terrible proximity to anything.
- Lucrative land with the right developer. They've lined up for the past 2 decades and all fallen short when its time to put money down, not just pretty drawings (and Canals, just like Amsterdam!) on the East Village.
- West Village has had two car lots on it and a now shell of a building once a bus station, for the past 30+ years. Oh, and it has contaminated soil that has to be cleaned up. Lucrative indeed.
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I'm actually okay with the city reclaiming the land to make it actually lucrative if the Flames/other developers pay for the rest of the complex. I don't want them to use CRL or any sort of city money for it. The developers can make an economic argument themselves without taxpayer money.