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Water-cooler discussion thread

Mountain Man said:
The f'n blue sky city? how much money did we waste on that gem? lol
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The number that was floating around was $5M. Or, $454,545 per letter. Super unremarkable tag line, I thought "'Be part of the energy" was very clever. It shows reference to the industry people think of when it comes to Calgary while implying it is a fun place to be/visit.

Other ones I am sure were in consideration: green grass city, bow river city, blue ring city, density doesn't live here. My personal choice would have been "heart of the upzoned dirt lot"

Can we at least get some changing signs for wildfire season with the budget to change it to smoke sky city, or not currently blue sky city?

Sometimes you expect so little, and they just give you so much less.
 
LocalLoafer said:
The number that was floating around was $5M. Or, $454,545 per letter. Super unremarkable tag line, I thought "'Be part of the energy" was very clever. It shows reference to the industry people think of when it comes to Calgary while implying it is a fun place to be/visit.

Other ones I am sure were in consideration: green grass city, bow river city, blue ring city, density doesn't live here. My personal choice would have been "heart of the upzoned dirt lot"

Can we at least get some changing signs for wildfire season with the budget to change it to smoke sky city, or not currently blue sky city?

Sometimes you expect so little, and they just give you so much less.
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The tag line would not have costed that much. The marketing campaign attached to it for five years, which paid for the tagline process, likely will. If we fire the marketing firm, there is likely a break fee to pay for their upfront costs.

Just a misunderstanding of how marketing gets paid for IMO.
 
darwink said:
The tag line would not have costed that much. The marketing campaign attached to it for five years, which paid for the tagline process, likely will. If we fire the marketing firm, there is likely a break fee to pay for their upfront costs.

Just a misunderstanding of how marketing gets paid for IMO.
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No disagreement there. I thought the total cost was the ask. Purely satire beyond that.
 
The tag line is blah. Oh well.

I'll sit in my corner, loving the marketing that came out in 2001 which was approved then abandoned within weeks:
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What's up with these 2 buildings being nearly identical.

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Balconies are so distinctive it caught my eye last time I was in Edmonton.
 
darwink said:
When I was condo shopping a decade ago, you could see the post tension arc in the hallways, they were so long. Glad I missed that rodeo!
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Was that at the rocky mountain court? I remember a massive lawsuit when an engineer told a contractor to cut a beam that holds up the main floor in there, had to evacuate the building and the ground floor tenants never got to go back because the fix took a coupe years. Had a buddy that lived there about 20 years ago, unit wasn't bad and there was a rooftop patio before any buildings had them.
 
I've heard that we are going to start seeing motorcade drills from CPS / RCMP around the city in preparation of the G7. I remember getting caught by a few the last time the G7 was here, kind of annoying but also neat to see.
 
CalgaryTiger said:
I wonder why they wouldn't helicopter to the airfield near banff. Or for kananskis there's that helipad near the casino.
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I'm sure the Presidents and PMs will do that, but they all have staff that are likely staying in hotels and attending various meetings. Hopefully Dump stays in Montana and doesn't show his ugly orange face in Calgary once!
 
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