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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Traffic would be brutal if the Flames played in the McMahon area. The infrastructure is very poor in that area in terms of handling extra traffic. It is crazy before and after Stamps games. The city would need to widen 16th to a full three lanes over Crowchild and upgrade the interchange. Crowchild would need to be widened to a full three lanes as well. The area would need an interchange at 24th as well.
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Stampeders get more people to their games than the Flames and somehow they manage with the traffic. I'm not saying it's a good idea for them to build an arena in the McMahon area, but I don't think traffic would be the reason not to do it.