Yeah it is likely that the cost comes in at over 5 Billion than anything resembling the 4.6B currently estimated which is already a bare bones budget.
I do wonder if the city expects the Flames to contribute to a new arena and stadium in this proposal, cause if I am them ...I tell 'em to take a hike. They want to build new facilities? Go ahead. Then after all that money has been sunk into those infrastructure projects, they will want tenants to offset ongoing costs. At that point the CSEC can play hardball on favorable leases as they will be the ONLY group in town with entities that can fill those spots.
I was front and center in attending/partying/ 88. It was the best two weeks in this city's history and selfishly I would love to see it again. Its still a horribly bad idea at this point though. The advantages we had in 88 to turn a profit/break even are long gone, so this will not be a repeat.
Huge and firm no as it stands right now.
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