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Originally Posted by smalltownref
My understanding is that the fundamental reason why the field house was brought into this was because the city has expressed a need to promote and develop amateur sports. The Flames group I think had seen this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone... get the Stamps out of an aging McMahon Stadium, and give the public a field house that is accessible the majority of the time (during prime time I think). With any taxpayer dollars going to this building, the city wants to make sure that the public's interest in the building is protected and that they get ample opportunities to utilize the new field house to its fullest extent.
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The Fieldhouse is a tough argument for KK to make.
The City doesn't want the fieldhouse attached to the project. I think that is pretty clear. The Flames want the 200 million for the fieldhouse from the city. The City has said they want a fieldhouse for 200 million. So the city is effectively spending 200 million for a fieldhouse with no professional tenant that conflicts, in a location of their choosing or spending 200 million for a fieldhouse with conflicts in a location they don't want it.
That is a tough hill to climb, regardless of whether you think the City is right or wrong in their thought process.
The worst thing the Flames have tried to do in this debacle is include the fieldhouse/stadium component
Way too ambitious