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Originally Posted by corporatejay
Why can't they keep playing in the dome then?
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They can… until they can't. The trouble with the Dome is that it is badly designed, antiquated, and can't be renovated in any meaningful way. There is simply not enough room inside the shell to add any further amenities, and no way to enlarge the shell. Even the mid-1990s renovation was basically putting several layers of lip gloss on a pig.
Several posters on CP have pointed out that the Flames are now on the receiving end of revenue sharing. They've basically tapped all the revenue potential of their existing building, and have nowhere to go but down. Ten years from now, if the Saddledome is still in use, people will be looking at it the way they looked at the Nassau Coliseum and Rexall Place a few years ago.