More observations:
Blue outline is Event Centre 1.0 footprint. It helps visualize the much larger plazas Event Centre 2.0 will have. The NW and SW plazas will also help with the city's plan of turning Stampede Trail into a festival street and gathering place for the district:
https://www.cedistrict.com/projects/stampede-trail
Magenta dotted outline are the 4 parcels of land CSEC are reportedly getting options to acquire. Apparently the city wasn't willing to give Postmedia the sizes of the parcels, but left them in PDF comments they are distributing to everyone so I added them into the image.
Postmedia also reporting that CSEC will get Right of First Offer on the bus barn lands.
The 0.53 acre parcel that abuts Event Centre 2.0 in the NE corner is interesting. Looks like they want to do something similar to what the Aquilinis did, which was build a 26 floor mixed use tower in the corner of Roger's Arena:
https://www.aquilinicentre.com/wp-co...Q_MK_Email.pdf
In the previous deal, the Flames got the option to buy the Enoch Sales Land at 2017 market prices and the option expired when shovels hit the ground for the Event Centre. The latest renderings from the city for event centre 2.0 no longer show any future development on that land. Wonder if there is an issue with that land.
If you are wondering why the hotel wasn't an option, the partnership for that hotel was announced in Dec 2022:
https://www.calgarymlc.ca/bmo-convention-centre-hotel