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Old 04-21-2016, 02:29 PM   #1395
johnnybegaudreau
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Just some thoughts after the news of last night/this morning
1. On the notion that this was all a ruse to get both the city and the stampede to play nice on a plan B, which was really plan A all along.
-- Great thought, however, gives far too much credit to the Flames owners, and KK. You're talking about the same organization that "Forever a Flames" it's most notable retiree's. Simply, they're not that smart.

2. to the poster(s) who think the dome is fine and not anymore crowded than prudential and xCel.
-- It is because the concorse at the dome is a single floor concourse. xCel and Prudential both have multi-concourse concepts. Meaning your 200 level seats are separated from your 100 from your 300. You can be sitting in press level and go get a beer and pee without having to walk 2 flights of stairs and navigate an over crowded single concourse where -everyone else- has to go. This separation saves time and crowding.

3. Something that has always bothered me about this city is that it seems to have astronomical costs to provide world class quality that you see in other cities. It's like, we want to be world class, but we always compromise because the costs in this city is too great. The result being we comrpomise on costs and end up with a product that always isn't as good as it seems it should be for the price we paid.
Just look at Regina, they're getting an amazing new stadium for $278m and it looks and feels world class. We all know what's happening up north and the costs there.
Why is it that to do such a thing here in Calgary would cost almost 10% more? Is it because this city is massively over priced when it comes to building? I'd like to know. Let's say you take the 480m for an arena (from edmonton) and 278m for a stadium (regina) = $758m why the hell can't we build something that combines hockey and football into a world class facility for roughly that much? Even if you build them separately side by side on the same property with a shared basement this should be feasable to do at a decent cost and still be world class.

4. On McMahon and the possibility of building on that site.
-- part of the problem with hosting concerts and events at McMahon in the past was the noise. University Heights, Rosedale, and the surrounding areas have a very strong community association and they are already up in arms all the time about traffic/parking issues due to the hospital and university. Back during the 70s/80s when McMahon hosted summer concert series they complained about the noise. Having such a venue that hosts such events would be problematic with the communities. One of the reasons i believe the Flames want to move the Stamps is the ability to use the stadium for other events besides just football.. it would have to be somehwere where these complaints wouldn't be a problem making redeveloping/building etc on university land there a nonstarter, imo.

5. Ken King should clearly be fired.
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