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Originally Posted by Parallex
Yeah, that's one of many things that the "It'll eventually need to be replaced anyways" crowd constantly neglects to mention... sure the Saddledome will eventually need to be replaced but once you remove CSEC profit margins from the equation "eventually" transforms into 'whenever the Saddledome becomes structurally unsound' or 'whenever it's more fiscally sound to replace rather then maintain' I imagine both of those dates are decades away.
Even setting that aside if you adjust your thinking to the "with or without Flames in town" you can realize that not having to accommodate an NHL team can dramatically reduce the price on the complex... I mean MTS place 'only' cost $133.5M and it's an NHL arena (albeit a borderline one).
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I'd give the arena a maximum 10 years more. I think that's pushing it for a city like Calgary.
MTS built in 2003/2004 and it would cost at least 200MM to build today. It was built 7 yrs after Jets left and operated 7 years without an NHL team.