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Originally Posted by Muta
A) I don't know if you know this, but the Saddledome was built in a completely different era.
B) You're forgetting about all the other development around the arena as well, but way to highlight a 'gravel lot'. Also, what development did it 'steal', and from what part of downtown?
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40 years in and there is barely anything around the Saddledome. Pretending it spurred some type of revitalization for that area is a joke.
As for Edmonton, development in the Quarters CRL has completely stalled and shifted to the Capital City CRL where the Arena is..and it's not that much development if you've been there and looked at it.
If you need a quote:
"A similar CRL for The Quarters has also been “almost forgotten,” Caterina said, after the third CRL for the Ice District, took all the attention away from the first two."
https://globalnews.ca/news/5785856/e...lization-levy/
The people who run the city of Calgary aren't stupid. Arenas are at best a supplement to an area's development plan.