JrFischer54
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- Apr 4, 2017
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ya….its up the 417 a ways…. terrible spot.
17 odd miles from right downtown. (aka from all the bars and restaurants)
on a similar note calgary was working on a plan to build a new arena right on the west side of downtown on the bow river on some contaminated land (after its been cleaned)
would have been a great spot and would have involved a football stadium also if i recall correctly (edit: it would )…like a detroit kind of thing. looks like its fallen through
heres an artists rendition of it
(fun fact: i worked on the emerald capped building in the foreground in my time there summer '14 so i know the city pretty well…this would be a solid place to put a sports complex, right off downtown, right on the c-line….sooooo close)
and this from 2 days ago: Francis: 150 million more reasons for Flames owners to sell
that is a nice arena and being that close to a river would be pretty nice in the spring if they ever made it deep in the playoffs. problem with this is the city doesn't want to pay a dime (which i dont blame them) and the owner doesn't want to pay x amount of his own money