[News] Calgary, Alberta, & CSEC agree in principle to $1.223bn Event Centre + infrastructure

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Would rather the team move to Houston.

I'm in. Sell it all and move with the team.

[Redlan]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Just remind yourself, that poster is in one 50% IQ group or the other one...

Ya, I am done dumbing down for the Brick Tamlands’ here.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Aarongavey

The safe thing to do would be to move all Flames home games to Edmonton’s new rink until our new one is built. The Saddledome is just too dangerous for people to go watch hockey in it right now.

I live about a 30 minute walk from Rogers Place so I agree with you. MetLife Stadium vibes all the way

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I live about a 30 minute walk from Rogers Place so I agree with you. MetLife Stadium vibes all the way

Let’s do it, for the safety of all involved.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by Redlan

Ya, I am done dumbing down for the Brick Tamlands’ here.

Said unironically while buttering his own toaster.

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

Just remind yourself, that poster is in one 50% IQ group or the other one...

I think we can all agree with the poster that the majority of us lie in the opposite group from him.

[Johnny Makarov]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I live about a 30 minute walk from Rogers Place so I agree with you. MetLife Stadium vibes all the way

LOL you could be dodging 500lbs of concrete at the dome and still be safer than walking 3 block in any direction of Rogers. what a kyithole area.

[Bandwagon Surfer]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

LOL you could be dodging 500lbs of concrete at the dome and still be safer than walking 3 block in any direction of Rogers. what a kyithole area.

The trick is to live in the united states for a while. Everywhere in Canada feels so safe by comparison.

[getbak]

Great news, if it plays out this way...

https://twitter.com/user/status/1668754958227996672

https://twitter.com/user/status/1668755261207769088

If they can break ground next spring, there's no reason it can't be open by 2026. Rogers Place broke ground shortly after the 2014 Olympics and opened in the late summer of 2016.

[jayswin]

Alright, let the value engineering begin after they secured hundreds of millions of tax payer money!!!

[topfiverecords]

Would they do season ticket seat relocations mid season or would it be a smoother transition in the off season?

[getbak]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Would they do season ticket seat relocations mid season or would it be a smoother transition in the off season?

Off season would be a smoother transition, but it all likely depends on when the new building is done. I'm sure they would love to get it open in time for Stampede 2026 to fill it with big concerts and that would give them time to work out any kinks before the start of the season. If it ends up being ready mid-season, I doubt they would wait to play there just to finish the season.

Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Glendale, and MSG (back in 1968) all opened mid-season. Of course, they were all moving into significantly larger buildings, so relocating STHs wouldn't have been an issue.

[RM14]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Would they do season ticket seat relocations mid season or would it be a smoother transition in the off season?

I assume it would be the off season before

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by getbak

Off season would be a smoother transition, but it all likely depends on when the new building is done. I'm sure they would love to get it open in time for Stampede 2026 to fill it with big concerts and that would give them time to work out any kinks before the start of the season. If it ends up being ready mid-season, I doubt they would wait to play there just to finish the season.

Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Glendale, and MSG (back in 1968) all opened mid-season. Of course, they were all moving into significantly larger buildings, so relocating STHs wouldn't have been an issue.

I bet a condition from the Stampede is to have construction start in earnest the week after Stampede, so there is only 1 year heavily affected, and maybe the next year the building is in the final phases if not complete (not sure if 23 months is crazy optimistic?).

[Manhattanboy]

Nevada Senate approves $350 million in public funding for a new baseball stadium in Vegas.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Nevada Senate approves $350 million in public funding for a new baseball stadium in Vegas.

Which raises the question again, what's making this $1.22B? A plaza and community rink? But I digress..

Just get this hunk of steel built.

[Lanny_McDonald]

$350M is not the total cost of the baseball stadium. That’s what the STATE is kicking in. This would be similar to what the province would kick in. Next up will be the City of Las Vegas and the money they are kicking in. This is one of two hurdles to build the park on the site of the existing Tropicana hotel.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Which raises the question again, what's making this $1.22B? A plaza and community rink? But I digress..

Just get this hunk of steel built.

Why do you assume that the $350M is the total cost?

[DeluxeMoustache]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Which raises the question again, what's making this $1.22B? A plaza and community rink? But I digress..

Just get this hunk of steel built.

Raises the question?

It’s in post 1 of this thread.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

LOL you could be dodging 500lbs of concrete at the dome and still be safer than walking 3 block in any direction of Rogers. what a kyithole area.