Flames to announce plans to announce arena plans in the... future...

[Ducay]

Word is they are going to do the Stampede Chuckwagon "tarp auction" as a silent auction in the new arena. Put all the chucks (including horses) at each of the key bottlnecks in order to increase views and bids.

[Tyler]

Originally Posted by Ducay

Word is they are going to do the Stampede Chuckwagon "tarp auction" as a silent auction in the new arena. Put all the chucks (including horses) at each of the key bottlnecks in order to increase views and bids.

[Jimmy Stang]

Originally Posted by Robbob

With the extra concourse space I expect Woody's RV to hook up with the flames so they can put trailers and motorhomes out there.

Silver lining: an extra washroom in each one.

[killer_carlson]

Was in an office today overlooking the Oilers arena build. i have some pictures on my blackberry but don't know how to upload them online. Coming along quite well.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

Was in an office today overlooking the Oilers arena build. i have some pictures on my blackberry but don't know how to upload them online. Coming along quite well.

Calgary is lucky. Edmontons arena will be state of the art, as much as I am sure people here won't admit it. But they have the opportunity to one up them

[killer_carlson]

it's not just the arena. I wish I had some "before" pictures from the same spot. It was sketchy parking lots where you walked over needles on occasion to the arena and 2 or 3 towers going in around it. Will change the entire dynamic of the Edmonton downtown core.

[mhsyyc]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

it's not just the arena. I wish I had some "before" pictures from the same spot. It was sketchy parking lots where you walked over needles on occasion to the arena and 2 or 3 towers going in around it. Will change the entire dynamic of the Edmonton downtown core.

So really, what you're saying is that Edmonton is NO GOOD!!!!

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

How do I know something tangible is about to come down the pipe in the way of arena update, whether it be a good show of progress and planning, or otherwise? Because the Flames public service announcement ads are now in full force, highlighting the give back to the community via Flames foundation etc...

And this isn't a critique, good move by the Flames, and it's all true in regards to give back. But got to think the timing isn't coincidental to them looking to sway or influence public opinion on something............like maybe some public funding for a new facility?

[3rd line Grinder]

At the raptors game tonight, only thought....can we has the acc?

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by mhsyyc

So really, what you're saying is that Edmonton is NO GOOD!!!!

it's about 1.5 blocks away from one of Edmonton's drop in shelters for the homeless. How they handle that dynamic is going to be one of the more interesting things to watch long term.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

it's about 1.5 blocks away from one of Edmonton's drop in shelters for the homeless. How they handle that dynamic is going to be one of the more interesting things to watch long term.

Kind of like the Salvation Army being wedged between the music centre and the new library

[Roughneck]

Originally Posted by 3rd line Grinder

At the raptors game tonight, only thought....can we has the acc?

A basketball arena for a city without a basketball team? No thanks.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Roughneck

A basketball arena for a city without a basketball team? No thanks.

We can always resurrect the 88s!

[JBR]

Originally Posted by Locke

We can always resurrect the 88s!

Just in time for the venue opening. The Calgary 2088's.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Locke

We can always resurrect the 88s!

It's a 3 point Chip shot!

[HOWITZER]

Originally Posted by 3rd line Grinder

At the raptors game tonight, only thought....can we has the acc?

having been to the ACC several times the only thing that is good about it is the fact that Union station is right beside it so you can easily leave a disappointing leafs game without having to get in a frustrating traffic/transit jam.

Plus all the yellow hues in that building are ugly!

[jayswin]

Yeah, I'm not sure why anyone would want a new arena to emulate a 16 year old arena.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Lol at this being printed the day after sureLoss with the April Fools article.

The Calgary Flames’ vision for its new arena project is a blockbuster that would take up several blocks’ worth of prime land west of downtown — bringing together a new hockey arena plus a football stadium and an amateur sports fieldhouse, the Herald has learned.

It’s a megaproject that could easily cost more than half a billion dollars, and features a component more likely to draw in civic funding support than if it were merely new stand-alone homes for the Flames and Stampeders.

By bundling in a fieldhouse designed for track meets, indoor soccer and other amateur sports, Flames CEO Ken King is proposing to build something on the top of the city’s own project wish list, and potentially gives the proposal the sort of public benefit that Mayor Naheed Nenshi has said is essential if city hall is to become a project partner.

The indoor multi-sport complex could make the Flames project more “palatable” to the city, said Jason Zaran, incoming chairman of the Calgary Multisport Fieldhouse Society.

“A multi-sport facility is needed in this town, and I think if they can be the ones to bring it to the table and get it done, it looks good on them as well,” Zaran said.

His group has been working with the city’s recreation department on a $202-million, publicly-funded development at Foothills Athletic Park, just north of McMahon Stadium. In February, city staff ranked it at the top of the city’s unfunded infrastructure projects.

King has offered the fieldhouse society a tantalizing Plan B — constructing the facility as part of the stadium for the Canadian Football League team, which the Flames own. According to one source familiar with the plans, the football complex and fieldhouse would be part of the same convertible building.

King shared his plans with Nenshi in mid-March, then the mayor relayed it to council in a closed-door session Monday evening, multiple sources have confirmed. But there’s still no formal proposal submitted to council, and it’s unclear when King will finally reveal the ambitious concept to the public, though he did say a month ago the release was a “couple of weeks” away.

But of course...

In a voicemail Wednesday, King said he’s not yet prepared to discuss the proposal, which he’s been working on since at least 2007.

“I’m still in the quiet zone,” he said.

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-...r-sports-house

[Bigtime]

And here we go!

[YYC in LAX]

My giny's tinglin'