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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
Billion dollar creosote clean-up and Calgary would be too stretched thin trying to CRL the East Village/River's District AND the West Village. The West Village is still a 15-20 years away project
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10 - 20 years is what people were saying when CalgaryNext came out, 10 years ago.
A new arena in West Village would facilitate organic growth in the area - restaurants, etc., which would aid and accelerate the eventual planned growth, once the city is ready to turn their attention to it.
If nothing happens there until the city finishes East Village and finally turns its attention west, we are likely looking at more like another 20 years than 10.
Giving it a jump start, and allowing for the area to make some headway on its own, seems like a better plan to me