[News] Tentative Agreement Reached! New Arena!

[shogged]

So 50/50? Seems like a good deal to me

[Manhattanboy]

Originally Posted by Locke

The City Manager must be one tough lady to be sitting between Nenshi and King.

I wouldnt want to cross her. She looks like someone who takes no guff.

I know her. She worked in the Law Department for many years.

Terrific person to deal with. No nonsense and practical.

[Ozy_Flame]

Wow Nenshi's answering in French. Federal run for politics basically confirmed

[Johnny Makarov]

Holy crap. Nenshi speaking French?

Meet the new leader of the Federal Liberals! Goodbye Justin!

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by Locke

He lives!!

Had to pop in to say it’s great to see this finally done. Great deal for the city, pretty clear that the Flames stepped up and offered some serious concessions to make it happen. Good on them, but I will say I’m going to miss the Dome.

[sureLoss]

This is where the city says their contribution is coming from (via @MKingGlobal):

[JurassicTunga12]

Good day for the hometown!

[sureLoss]

King says that the arena will be built from the inside out with a focus on fans getting to and from their seats.

He also says they have designs and concepts for the arena that are not fully fleshed out.

[Reggie Dunlop]

There's going to be some sort of outdoor gathering place component to the project. A public square?

[Bunk]

This is phenomenal news. It shows that proper process is needed to get good results. I am glad the City rejected the previous proposal. Great leadership by Davison in setting the right tone and right process to have productive, collaborative talks. Bravo for having CMLC at the centre of it all to ensure what’s actually built will be something not just good for a team but for the community, district and the city at large. I have full faith it’ll be best in class in terms of the building and how it anchors a district. All this has paid off tremendously so far.

Look forward to working in this project and district approvals in my job, which I start at the City tomorrow. :-)

A great day.

[Rando]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

King says that the arena will be built from the inside out

I hope he's not head of construction.

[Enoch Root]

Great to see that it seems to be happening. Hard to argue with 50/50

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by Rando

I hope he's not head of construction.

Haha, that ‘s great. I laughed

[troutman]

Has anyone had time to compare all the various inputs to the Calgary Next proposal? How much better a deal is this for Calgary?

“Gathering Place” sounds like an attempt to create a Jurassic Park.

“Event Center” sounds like a place where Tony Robbins makes people walk through hot coals.

[Fire]

Good deal, hopefully the idiots in council don't screw this up. Most Calgarians will still be against the project but if we held a referendum for everything nothing would be built in this city.

Wonder what the % the facilty fee will be per ticket.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Note the info graphic has the demolition of the saddledome. $12.4 million of which the Flames are contributing $1.4 million.

I’ve stared at the bloody thing and still can’t see where it says this...

[Slava]

Originally Posted by troutman

Has anyone had time to compare all the various inputs to the Calgary Next proposal? How much better a deal is this for Calgary?

“Gathering Place” sounds like an attempt to create a Jurassic Park.

“Event Center” sounds like a place where Tony Robbins makes people walk through hot coals.

Well that deal was supposedly the city paying $225m and they didn't want to pay more than a third. So in that respect it's questionable.

At the same time though, the city gets some money here from that ticket levy, which appears to more than cover it.

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

I’ve stared at the blood thing and still can’t see where it says this...

Other costs to the city. Under "The Investment". Small text.

Look at the high res version

https://nhl.bamcontent.com/images/as...-file/file.pdf

[dying4acup]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

There's going to be some sort of outdoor gathering place component to the project. A public square?

Red Square?

[shermanator]

As someone who was bitching about this on page 2, I have to say I think a 50/50 split between the Flames and the city seems like a pretty good deal in my books.