As a non-Calgarian I won't vote to skew the results, but if I did have a vote it would be a resounding NO. The benefits from this are not those big ticket items you hope to see become legacy spaces which would not be built without having a major event like this. The field house is already going to be be built (horrible location), so no big benefit. There is no mention of a new arena, so no big benefit. The call is to slap some makeup on a piece of crap stadium, so no benefit there. It is recycling of old sites with a $5B price tag. The juice ain't worth the squeeze. Not enough benefit for the city. $5B seems a big price tag for just another party.
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