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Originally Posted by corporatejay
A couple of things:
Architectual cache - I find this kind of funny since the most iconic piece of architecture in this city is a pedestrian bridge that, to that point, had been the most controversial piece of government spending in the history of Calgary.
Rec Leagues - McMahon is fine for that, there is simply no need to upgrade to a new stadium so old men can play flag football.
Government Spending - Agreed, but I can assure you that the point of government spending isn't to make an already profitable private business MORE profitable at the expense of taxpayers.
My solution? Build the fieldhouse as planned.
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Well it was touch football, most of the guys who play are like me in their mid-20s, so does that make it better? Not sure why you went with the old men comment, kinda weird. And of course McMahon is just fine for that league, we only need a field, I'm simply pointing out that a new field could be used for that as well. Same goes for soccer and other sports
Your "honest" question was what civic benefits could be gleaned from a new stadium, and I laid out some points as such that on their own are underwhelming but combined together I feel makes a pretty good case.