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Originally Posted by La Flames Fan
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Good lord, this bit is so ridiculous for CSEC.
The climate resiliency of this building was something that had been talked about over the past year. There was a long list of climate initiatives that it was going to incorporate and that the Flames ownership group was touting.
The NHL has a green initiative, and this building was going to be in line with it.
And then it's like, "Hey, wait, nobody told us we were going to have to pay for the costs of this."
The reality is that sidewalks and climate initiatives are red herring distractions as to why this fell apart. CSEC is panicking about overall rising costs (which they also agreed to take on from the amended deal) and those are the bigger issues, but that makes them look weak. If you look at this even skin deep it’s very obvious why this fell apart.
Also, laying the blame for this on the mayor is super disingenuous as well. She wasn’t involved in the requests or the negotiation, at least not directly, so her effort to be transparent about what the Flames also said as to why the deal fell apart is being vilified, and I don’t understand that.