[Cowtown]

Concert numbers always vary, as you can have adozen big artists touring one year, and then only two or three the next year.
There's no question that concert revenue is a big part of this, but the hockey revenue is still the stable mostly guaranteed type of revenue, and in the end really it will be the flames as the driving force.

 

[Oddball]

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local...posed-for-parking-lots-north-of-stampede-park

A Herald report is pegging the parking lots North of the Staddledome as the likely location for Plan B. The deal would include a land swap with the Stampede which would transfer the lots in return for the land under the Stampede.

 

[Surrealplaces]

I've always liked this location the best, so IO'm glad to see that at least we have now moved past the whole West Village idea.

 

[Beltline_B]

Vic Park seems the most logical location IMO. I wish CSE had started on this right from the get go.

 

[AJX]

Here's the location in case anyone's unsure of where they are proposing.

 

[AJX]

 

[AJX]

More conceptual plans, but now gravitating towards Victoria Park.

 

[Momin]

Front page update!

 

[Mountain Man]

Well shit is hitting the fan.. lol

 

[BKha]

So much political posturing going on I just wish both sides could come to some sort of congenial joint effort.

 

[darwink]

The city must be joking if they think their $ can be recovered. What the city gets is the land the Saddledome sits on back.

 

[BKha]

Admittedly I'm not up to date on the proposal and the aspects of it, but this involves a land swap?

 

[Mountain Man]

The city is offering to buy the land is all I know. If the Stampede wants to buy the Saddledome, that should be a completely different deal as there will be more to it. The Flames likely want a no compete clause regarding the Saddledome for when the new building finally happens.

 

[darwink]

Basically the Flames group wants a commitment of 1/3 of the arena cost. City estimates that at $200 million, Flames at around $166 million - probably would end up closer to the high number. City wants to recover its investment as a lease or through property tax. Total non-starter - doesn't help with the economics much.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Here's an excerpt from an article a while back.
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local...posed-for-parking-lots-north-of-stampede-park

An arena on the site would be located within the existing Rivers Community Revitalization Levy District, known as a CRL, which is forecast to tally $150 million more in revenue over the next decade.

The city report states the proposed arena would be situated on land owned by the Stampede, and the Stampede is amenable to swapping its land for the city-owned land where the Saddledome currently sits.