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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
For sure there is an effort to include the arena.
But now Nenshi needs CSEC to cooperate. If I am them, I leave him to the wolves and then negotiate with his successor in a few years.
Up until this point, he held the cards. But he just improved their hand.
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The city improved its hand from the previous bid document. If the games are bid and won on this proposal he has a walkaway opportunity. If the bid document stated as the original 4.6 billion dollar bid did that an Arena was assumed to be built prior to the games then it would be a disasterous position for the city as they would have no leverage at all.
The city created the best position for themselves if they wanted to pursue the Olympics and a flames funded arena given the time frame available.