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Originally Posted by transplant99
I'm guessing Lethbridge gets the curling...which is fine as they have a shiny new facility that Calgary simply can't match, though seating is limited as it stands right now.
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Red Deer would make more sense to me. 45 minutes closer to Calgary and the Centrium also has quite a bit larger capacity.
Although, I think the real reason they haven't locked down the curling venue is because they're expecting the Flames' new arena to get built. The new arena would be the main hockey venue, which would free up the Saddledome for figure skating and short track. That frees up the field house for curling (which was the original suggestion by the Bid Exploration Committee).
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Originally Posted by Travis Munroe
I am sure there is good reason but why isn't winspprt a option for curling?
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One thing is that it's a smaller capacity, only about 3000 seats. They could probably boost that a bit with some temporary seating around the rink, but it's still pretty small for a sport that could sell at least double that many tickets in Calgary.
The other issue is that COP will already be hosting a large number of events (which is another reason why it makes sense to have ski jumping in Whistler). Curling has 3 draws per day, every day of the Games (morning, afternoon, and evening). That's a lot of people coming and going, which puts a strain on the transportation and security infrastructure for COP.