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Originally Posted by Loyal and True
If you knew anything about Arthur Griffiths you wouldn't be using Vancouver as your argument
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Weren't the arena and its 2 major tenants (the Canucks and the NBA Grizzlies) sold in receivership 2 years after it opened? And Vancouver lost the Grizzlies as a result. If I understand correctly, Vancouver re-zoned the surrounding area so Griffiths could build a series of apartment towers, foregoing millions of dollars in revenues the city would have collected if the surrounding area had been zoned as originally planned. So I believe you are right, GM Place/Roger's Arena is a poor model for any arena development in Calgary.