The best case for the city and CSEC is that a new hockey arena is built on/by Stampede grounds, and and the fieldhouse that functions also as a football stadium is built at Foothills Athletic Park. The hockey arena will be funded by CSEC, while they get their wish in the city building a new football stadium for them. Since the primary purpose of the facility is amaetur athletics and recreation, it would satisfy the optics for government funding from all levels.
With the fieldhouse in foothills, The stamps will have a new home game venue as well a new training facility. But The University of Calgary will be major tenants here as well, and probably be the ones to use the facility the most since it would also replace the Norma Bush hockey arena (I assume), gives the swimming teams/clubs a new/better competitive venue to train and do competitions at, as well a proper training facility for the track and field team - and most Dinos athletics in general. Also the Canadian Sport Institute would likely be a major tenant.
The foothills location is much more accessible for the university, as well for the public in general since parking would be more easily available than downtown would be. I would hope that CSEC is already establishing the ground work to act upon Plan B as soon as possible. The report should rule more in that favour than with West Village proposal.
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