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Originally Posted by RM14
I think that's what she said. I thought it was strange to have student housing in Vic Park.
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No, the councillors confused themselves with this because they were merging two different thoughts.
1. There were savings by taking the City Athlete's Village in Victoria Park (Stampede Park Cluster) and moving it away from the bus barns. Now we don't have to worry about the costs associated with having to dismantle the barns.
2. The original plan had additional units spread around the Calgary clusters (NOT part of the Athlete's Village) to be used by police forces and other staff. After the Games those beds could have been used for students, probably since they would have been around the Foothills Cluster near the UofC. By removing those beds which the RCMP and CPS said they could do without, there was more cost savings.