Calgary Event Centre | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

[Mountain Man]

Murray Edwards walked away from $10M in cost increases and we now have a deal for $1.25B!? What in the actual fuck. Our supposedly conservative Premier is kicking in $300M for demolition of the saddledome.

 

[Duck Lightning]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1650979906912763914

 

[konradiical]

So can this deal fall thru if the UCP don't win? Im confused. Or even with NDP will this deal be allowed?

 

[Unknown User]

Murray Edwards walked away from $10M in cost increases and we now have a deal for $1.25B!? What in the actual fuck. Our supposedly conservative Premier is kicking in $300M for demolition of the saddledome.

I was on board with the Mayor and City walking away from the deal after Edwards tried to strong arm us into paying for what CSEC had agreed to, but now we are effectively paying the total cost of the original arena design. Seriously, we look like giant fools.

 

[DougB]

I was on board with the Mayor and City walking away from the deal after Edwards tried to strong arm us into paying for what CSEC had agreed to, but now we are effectively paying the total cost of the original arena design. Seriously, we look like giant fools.

As expected

 

[Duck Lightning]

Sound like the provincial money is going toward the 6th street underpass, street improvements, and other infrastructure related to the project

 

[DougB]

Sound like the provincial money is going toward the 6th street underpass, street improvements, and other infrastructure related to the project

6th street underpass was previously a CMLC (aka City of Calgary) project, so really this is a shell game

 

[Duck Lightning]

Some of that provincial money is going to the green line station too which was already provincially funded

 

[Duck Lightning]

The event centre page on the city website was updated with new district renders https://www.calgary.ca/major-projects/event-centre.html?redirect=/eventcentre

 

[haltcatchfire]

New design coming at least.

 

[O-tac]

Not sure how I feel about this. Edwards is laughing all the way to the bank. Smith did his bidding even if she loses. NDP would be suicidal to oppose it I think.

 

[darwink]

Murray Edwards walked away from $10M in cost increases and we now have a deal for $1.25B!? What in the actual fuck. Our supposedly conservative Premier is kicking in $300M for demolition of the saddledome.

They didn’t walk away because of that, it is plainly clear.

 

[darwink]

6th street underpass was previously a CMLC (aka City of Calgary) project, so really this is a shell game

Money is fungible. But people care what money goes where. So we get this result.

 

[trtcttc]

Glad to see retail in the plans. There was a comment in the BMO thread about the lack of retail and that being a wasted opportunity which
I agree

 

[O-tac]

Also looks like a mixed use tower or something on the NE corner?