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Originally Posted by Travis Munroe
The portion of Calgary's bid costs tax payers less than the field house and McMahon renovations alone which will be done anyway. That doesn't include the NHL arena which would almost be a certain green light with the games at next to no additional cost.
The financial argument against is flawed when you consider the city has to spend roughly 500 million updating facilities and building the field house anyway. Sure it can be done for a bit less on a budget but why settle for less when Alberta, Canada and the IOC are prepared to contribute?
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First off no, City of Calgary bid costs will approach 1 billion.
Second there is no arena deal. People need to stop even hinting at it because it doesn't exist.
Third the high point of Field House costs before this bid when the city was budgeting was 250 mill. If we actually spend 500 mil on a field house and niche upgrades than that is a colossal waste of money bordering on corrupt.
It's you guys who have the flawed financial argument. JUST the extra portion we now have to pay due to province short changing us (300 mil) gets us the field house and 50 million for upgrades and further funds for the oval and winsport. That is absolutely true. Just the extra portion we now have to pay gets the city the only usable infrastructure out of this bid on our own. Everybody get that through your heads.