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Originally Posted by New Era
The reason the whole CalgaryNext concept was so poorly received was because there was no disco ball. Had the presentation been made with much better renderings it would have been better received. If the presentation had 3D holograms and sharks with "lasers" this would have been a slam dunk and it would have been a rush to get shovels into the ground. It is amazing how little imagination people have and how they can't visualize what the bigger concepts look like. I think the Flames over-estimated the sophistication of their audience and that put them behind the eight ball.
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I disagree. The poor renderings were merely a focus of ridicule, not at all the reason the concept was poorly received.
The concept was purely received because it:
a) Asked for too much public money for the inside-battery-limits facility itself
b) Ignored the outside-battery-limits infrastructure and tie-in costs which the city (i.e. the citizens) would have to bear.
c) Turned a dedicated fieldhouse with ample parking into a fieldhouse with poor parking and massive scheduling conflicts, all for the same amount of money.
d) Accelerated the development of the west village ahead of the east village filling out.
e) Took up a massive chunk of the prime riverfront land in the west village.
f) In doing the above, implying that they think we're all idiots.