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Originally Posted by browna
Whatever it is, hopefully well planned, and properly budgeted.
The Oilers rink got things cut in the end from the original proposal and well after ground was broken on construction.
From all accounts it seems like it ended a 85% completed project, with zero character or atmosphere in physical design and intangible "feeling" , while short on basic amenities and a very stale utilitarian feeling in the building (much like the city itself).
Likely, in part, is the things the original designers had planned in place, that got cut due to budget, was to work in unison with the rest of the planning and design. Once one or two things were cut, suddenly the whole overall design from a aesethic and practical/usability standpoint, is broken, as each peice was supposed to work with the other peices to make the entire design work. Basics like not enough washrooms had to not have been in the original plan, but then had to have been cut...but that's maybe because they had to redesign the concourse becuase something else they planned as part of the structure in or above the concourse was going to cost too much to engineer and include, and thus cut, and then the additional washrooms also fell victim to the engineering redesign of that original cut item, so it was a snowball effect... I don't know...but that arena did not turn out 100% as was planned, ...and we have to avoid that.
City and Flames may have a tugging match on some things that the team wants that the city doesn't think it needs and vice versa, but again, chopping things later in the deaign process would be a bad idea...once the design and amenities are set, go with it and don't second guess or put things on the cutting block, or you'll end up with a half assed project.
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Which is addressed within the proposal.
They share the costs unless the desired facility equally, unless one party or the other wants something specifically then they have to front the costs.
For instance if the CSEC want Golden Bidets in every bathroom then they have to pay for them, etc.