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Originally Posted by Muta
LOL, firstly that link you provided is hardly what CalgaryNEXT was. A multi-sports stadium (albeit old and outdated as sin), sure, that's where it stops. Secondly no one is expecting a stadium like US Bank Stadium, we don't have an NFL team here - I used that as an example of a roofed stadium in a northern climate, and that's where it stopped. So quit putting words in my mouth.
Secondly, whether you want to believe it or not, CalgaryNEXT was a revolutionary idea. If you don't think a conjoined sports facility for stadia sports and an arena, supplemented with an amateur fieldhouse, was an innovative idea.... you're nuts. Again, have you seen the floor plans? Are you a sports facility architect? You not answering this tells me all I need to know.
I have always said I wasn't a fan of the way CalgaryNEXT was presented and the renderings weren't terrific; I had nothing to do with that side. So, nice of you to cherry pick there too.
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My man, no one sold this thing harder than you did. And not just a little, every chance you had between 2013 and 2015, you told us we'd be blown away. That this was a world class facility. That we'd be basically begging for it to happen, that we'd be so proud of this facility in Calgary. And then....a turd came out instead. Claiming to not be a fan of the renderings is nice and all, but the idea itself is weak and fatally flawed to boot.
Indoor football will probably be a net neutral and probably a loss in the end. You're choosing to believe declining attendance can be rectified simply with a roof, when really it's that sports across the board are seeing live attendance declines. Sports are simply too expensive relative to the much cheaper, more comfortable, less stressful alternative. And live football is arguably the worst live sport to watch. You spend 3 hours in your seat for amounts to 15 or so minutes of actual game action. It's just not a good live sport, not when it's a minimum of $50 to have a decent experience, versus $20 or less to stay home. And staying home makes even more sense when you're talking about watching a game inside. CFL chooses to play its schedule entirely in spring, summer and fall. There's simply no need for an indoor stadium, not when moving up the schedule can eliminate the possible 2-3 games that might be affected by weather.
As to combining the arena and stadium together, the only difference between this and many other American arena areas that have two or even three facilities within walking distance of each other is this one would be directly attached. That's hardly something to fall over yourself as a revolutionary item. In fact if that's one of your big selling points, that's a problem. It's not a particularly compelling selling point.