Calgary Flames New Arena Update

[Brent.ff]

And wait… the $17M per year for the life of the arena from the CSEC sounds like it is for operational costs, not actually paying back the city for any of the costs of construction.

I’m gonna call my bank and let them know I’m only paying for my insurance and utilities moving forward

[killramos]

Good thing the flames suck for the foreseeable future becuase it’s going to be impossible to get to the dome while they build this monstrosity.

[BerserkerCatSplat]

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so went from 650 mil to 1.2 bill? Great job everyone.

Yes and no. Actual new cost of the arena is $800MM, the remaining $450MM is for other infrastructure items in the surrounding area.

[SilverRex]

I guess flames season tickets are good investment now?

[D'z Nutz]

Does the money cover climate mitigations too? hahaha

[killramos]

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I guess flames season tickets are good investment now?

How do you figure that Marth lol

[redline]

Wow the ucp getting desperate to buy votes in Calgary … the linchpin is the ucp ,must remain in power…
So shady smith

[Maxt]

This working class blue collar Dodge bro wishes he had more hands to give this deal 4 thumbs down.

[suntan]

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Wow the ucp getting desperate to buy votes in Calgary … the linchpin is the ucp ,must remain in power…
So shady smith

Ndp will pay 130% of the cost.

[Brent.ff]

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Ndp will pay 130% of the cost.

Ha, there it is.

[ExtraSlow]

Is there a requirement to use union labour like in the hydrogen support?

[rc2002]

You know it’s a bad deal when Notley calls out the price doubling in 18 months.

Calgarians didn’t want to build it when it cost half as much. So the obvious solution is to double the cost to get everyone on board.

[mr2mike]

Can't wait to see the cost overruns. The real winners are anyone with their finger in this pie.

[ExtraSlow]

The are good middle class jerbs. I better call up my old buddies at Cana construction.

[asp integra]

Finally, get the damn thing built already!

[redline]

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Ndp will pay 130% of the cost.

Fake news …

[Thaco]

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Fake news …

making stuiff up to get really angry at, it's the conswervative way!

[vengie]

The scope of this proposal is much larger than the previous.
Of course it's going to be significantly more expensive.

Calgary needs an entertainment district. Our downtown core is dead.

[ExtraSlow]

I'd actually love to read more about the rivers district infrastructure upgrades. Any additional train under or overpasses planned?

[Buster]

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The scope of this proposal is much larger than the previous.
Of course it's going to be significantly more expensive.

Calgary needs an entertainment district. Our downtown core is dead.

This is why capitalism exists