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Originally Posted by Joborule
From the responses on this forum, it seems that if the new arena simply was part of the funding, a bunch of people who aren't in favour of the bid, will switch in being so. Kinda amazing how literally one thing that's part of this could have such significant impact on people views towards it.
And the responses to the report from the mayor and some councillors indicate that they would rather put money in a new arena for the Flames, than build a smaller scale arena for the university.
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I'm one of those guys for sure.
I like the idea of hosting, but I'm not supportive of hosting if we don't come out of it with an infrastructure legacy.
Hosting the Olympics needs to come with at a minimum; buildings you could imagine the Flames and Stamps occupying past 2040, and The motivation to get transit project done (Green Line, LRT Spur). Otherwise it is a wasted opportunity for those of us who will live in Calgary after the Olympics.