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Originally Posted by RM14
The #1 reason the Revenue would be down (if it is), is the crash in oil and reduced corporate entertainment budgets.
I personally would love to keep the Saddledome for the next 20 years because I love it and love going there to watch Hockey. I don't care about big name concerts that much as there are a lot of small venues in the city that attract good bands. I do however understand it is not viable for this city to keep the dome around for that long. With or without the Flames in town, there will be a new shiny arena in Vic park someday.
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Eehhhh... even with small shows Calgary is really weak for it's size. Outside of the magic Sled Island is somehow able to perform with their lineups I rarely go to live shows because barely anything with some relevant contemporary buzz around them come and perform here. What's worse is seeing the consistent exodus of promising local acts skipping town and going east once they start getting some traction.
Doesn't necessarily play a role in arena-sized concerts but something is fundamentally wrong with Calgary's image even as far as that tier of music is concerned - I don't know if it's bad event organizers or losing venues of the capacity of Republik without replacements or political stigma or what but it's a noticeable void. The museum at the NMC is fairly lame but I'm a huge supporter of them just for their research/residency programming, I'm hoping it'll kick some life into the local scene and convince it to stay here.