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Originally Posted by GGG
Ummm the fieldhouse was quoted at 202 million at the time of Calgary next. Nakiska, Big 4, Saddledome, community arena are a waste of money. Sliding Center is already funded. 20 million oval for the ice planet, 10 million into Canmore, 80 million McMahon.
Im missing a few venues here though but I’m only at 310 million. The affordable housing component is a provincial responsibility. If you really care to look people including myself have run through the math repeatedly and depending on what you see as necessary upgrades the above statement is quite true.
Saying without a lick of non-municipal funds is false as well. The oval will find money for upgrades the same way the sliding Center did, the Nordic Center has upgraded itself continuously as well.
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You've run through the math? The Calgary Herald literally said yesterday the field house cost estimate is $300 million. City Hall even released numbers last year that it would cost $272 on its own, and that was before BidCo put the numbers together. Even the Flames - early in 2017 - said it would cost about $260 million. That's no small difference from what you've projected.
There is no immediate guarantee from provincial or federal coffers for future dollars commitment to the same venues or infrastructure. You can't just use "will find money" as a defense. There is no hard commitment other than this (as far as I know).