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Originally Posted by Lord Carnage
Not the way I see it. I have no doubt that "70%" of the Flames fans on this board have issue with one part of the project or another, and so are against it overall because they want something different. To say that they want NO part of it is probably embellishment.
The project they put out had many potential snags (from the tax, to the location, to the cleanup, to having a football stadium with a roof, etc) and everyone has attached themselves to their personal issue.
I think if the issue were genuinely looked at from City Hall, maybe jointly some could have been worked through.
Am I saying CalgaryNext was the best thing they could have come up with? No - but I am saying that an open-minded city hall would have benefited the process. That's not something I'm convinced we have, and I attribute that primarily to Nenshi.
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CalgaryNEXT specifically is a stand alone project. Most people here did not want it. So saying they wanted no part of CalgaryNEXT is 100% correct. That's not saying people didn't want a new arena, I would imagine that number is between 85-99% of people want a new arena. But a new arena is an entirely different concept than CalgaryNEXT. CalgaryNEXT appeared to be amateur hour right from the start, and you only get one first impression, which they badly botched. Nenshi has nothing to do with that. As it is, it sounds like Nenshi supports plan B so be happy with that.