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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
what parties? nobody is saying the olympics actually need a new arena.
why would the provincial or federal government give calgary money for an arena if the IOC itself says one isn't needed?
why drive up the cost by another 500 million for no reason other than "the flames can then use it"?
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The report for the 4.6 billion Olympics identifies using a new arena but does not include any Capital funding for it. I'm not sure where this IOC says we don't need a new arena comes from. I think they said the Saddledome is a suitable venue for the Olympics. This is different as you need 1 for Figure Skating / Short track, one for Hockey and one for low attendance hockey / training.