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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Ha. Well okay, I can see why they'd want free land in the city. So do I.
I didn't know/had forgotten that they expected to be gifted that whole parcel in the "West Village". I thought they were just angling for a cheap rink and football stadium and were pitching the development to the south as a sort of "if we build it they will come, and the city benefits" kind of a deal.
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For clarification, the area surrounding CalgaryNEXT wouldn't be owned by the CSEC. Nothing would be, including the stadium. But since the land surrounding has nothing, and is worth little currently, owners have the ability to purchase and own land (if they don't already) and reap the benefits from their vision of the West Village area.