[News] CalgaryNEXT Announcement. New arena details emerge.

[skudr248]

Must. Temper. Expectations.

[hockey.modern]

I do wonder if the field house will solely be $200m or that is just what the Flames are asking as a part for the total cost of the stadium

[polak]

Originally Posted by Muta

Why do you have to fool the politicians? The Flames just play within the rules, they don't set them.

I was referring to it being called a clever move to name it a field house.

Pretty transparent that it's a stadium for the Stamps/MLS team.

I just got a boner from writing that.

God I hope we get an MLS team.

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

I do wonder if the field house will solely be $200m or that is just what the Flames are asking as a part for the total cost of the stadium

That's a good question.

[BigFlameDog]

Originally Posted by polak

I'm as excited as all of you but this whole entire process has led me to believe that we will be disappointed with the amount (lack of) information we are actually told.

The qualifier filled email pretty much cements that belief.

If we get an accurate rendering of the finished product I will be shocked.

Yeah we get it.....copy that....roger...you have decided you will be disappointed...print/save.

I believe there is no possible way they will have us all come down to a scheduled event during a weekday and NOT show a reasonably accurate rendering. Zero % chance of that.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

FAN960: rumoured that they are interested for MLS team. With the new field house it can accommodate the team in the next 10 years.

Well, my 'socks' are now blown off.

[Yoho]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

FAN960: rumoured that they are interested for MLS team. With the new field house it can accommodate the team in the next 10 years.

"Knock your socks off" perhaps?

[troutman]

Clearly we need Peace Bridge 2, around 19th St NW.

Then, we should be buying up land in West Hillhurst.

[bax]

Knocking off the Canucks in the first round, stealing Dougie from Boston, and finally news of a new arena?

Flames fans have it pretty good these days!

[Nehkara]

Originally Posted by hockey.modern

FAN960: rumoured that they are interested for MLS team. With the new field house it can accommodate the team in the next 10 years.

I have been speculating for years that this would happen with the new arena/stadium project. I really really want an MLS team. So excited!

[RM14]

The field house angle is confusing the hell out of me.

[DoubleF]

I just want to say... Muta's comments are much more hilarious with his new Partick Thistle avatar.

Oh yeah, excited for the arena and field house stuff too.

[jayswin]

Despite what I just said about Polak being negative, the cynic in me says Calgary is likely headed for very tough economic times for a lot of years, where even the Flames as a playoff/contender will lose lots of fans from their ticket buying base.

A brand new MLS team could work in pre-2015 Calgary, but I'd imagine it'll be tough to have success in our new reality as a city, and 1.2 million people (which I believe is low for MLS cities).

[mikephoen]

Have all season ticket holders been invited to this? I haven't seen the invite in my email yet.

[jmac98]

Originally Posted by polak

I was referring to it being called a clever move to name it a field house.

Pretty transparent that it's a stadium for the Stamps/MLS team.

I don't know a lot about this stuff, but isn't the term 'field house' just a generic term for a sports facility? There's no definitive requirement for it's presentation is there? As such, I don't know that it's so much a bait and switch as it is a logical compromise using new age or advanced architecture/design to encompass the needs of multiple facets including professional sports.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Despite what I just said about Polak being negative, the cynic in me says Calgary is likely headed for very tough economic times for a lot of years, where even the Flames as a playoff/contender will lose lots of fans from their ticket buying base.

A brand new MLS team could work in pre-2015 Calgary, but I'd imagine it'll be tough to have success in our new reality as a city, and 1.2 million people (which I believe is low for MLS cities).

That and the other Canadian cities had shown clear support for soccer at lower levels prior to getting a MLS team. Calgary, not so much. I just don't think there's enough true support for a soccer team in this city.

[jmac98]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

Have all season ticket holders been invited to this? I haven't seen the invite in my email yet.

I received an invite, but I'm the primary account owner. Someone earlier had noted it's limited to the primary due to limited space. Is that yourself?

[Strange Brew]

If this news is true - that the Flames are prepared to finance the hockey arena themselves - well that is fantastic news. Leave the fieldhouse funding as negotiation point, or phase 2 or something like that.

So then open question is the land I guess? The remediation is a tricky issue. Yes it is the sellers responsibility but what if the seller doesn't want to sell?

[bizaro86]

What are the odds that seat licenses will be used to pay for this?

I'm a bit concerned that I'll be asked to pony up $10k/seat to keep my season tickets at a time when my job is looking pretty uncertain.

[polak]

They could just be using the MLS team to rally up some support.

The MLS already has a pretty big list of teams. Maybe they're planning on going the European multi tier league model?

That would make a lot more sense. Calgary could be a perfect location for a MLS-2 team.

That would be less exciting though.

[hockey.modern]

I do hope that the facility will be similar to the Vikings new U.S. Bank Stadium as from what I've seen, it will be housed for multi sport facility's as well.