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Old 03-29-2017, 10:25 AM   #741
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis View Post
How exactly was CalgaryNEXT going to leverage a reduced cost for the fieldhouse? City wants $200 million for the fieldhouse. Flames want....$200 million for CalgaryNEXT. Difference is CalgaryNEXT would never be a 100% public access facility, and the fieldhouse would be. For the mayor the optics would be atrocious to let that happen.
Man I can't believe my suggestion that a more appropriate response from the city has me now having to come up with a deal for them ...

has never been my point.

But they could have countered with anything, that's what you do for pete's sake.

Take the CRL out.
Say sure to a fieldhouse but since it's not 100% public we will only give you 135M for it.
You have to pay half of the clean op costs

They were all up for grabs.

He went for self promotion instead.
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