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https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/cfl-to-make-announcement-at-calgary-s-mcmahon-stadium-1.7103060
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Grey Cup 2026 + facility expansion?
 

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thecivilengineer said:
We need new stadium, considering that is UofC's ground. For a city of this size and potential, not having a proper stadium is a missed opportunity.
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Where is the money coming from? Unlike the new event centre that will be used 100’s of times a year for various things. A new footballs stadium has few uses. Big white elephant for the near $1 Billion price tag.
 
thecivilengineer said:
We need new stadium, considering that is UofC's ground. For a city of this size and potential, not having a proper stadium is a missed opportunity.
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Most provinces have 1 flagship stadium and ours is in Edmonton. I'd rather that money be spent on community amenities (rec centres, sports field, etc.) that will actually improve people's lives.
 
The only other province with 2 or more CFL teams is Ontario, and all 3 of them have recently built or recently renovated stadiums. Or... do the Argos still play at Sky Dome or is it BMO Stadium?? Cause BMO was recently renovated, I don't think Sky Dome has.

Calgary does need a decent stadium. McMahon is an embarrassment.

Even something cheap and simple like Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton would be fine. Though I'd prefer a Landsdowne Park-style total gutting and redo of McMahon with a similarly scaled district development. The city could even leverage the cost of the stadium against the district redevelopment to cover a good portion of the cost. Maybe?
 
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It doesn't have to cost a lot. There are stadiums around the world of under 30k capacity, which this should be, that do not carry a big price tag. Also, it wouldn't need a lot of bells and whistles too. Just give everyone a proper seat (not a metal bench) and a proper washroom.
 
badc0ffee said:
Which other provinces have two major cities of roughly equal size, though?
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And we have two large stadiums and soon to be two premier NHL arenas. But as a province we are only close to the same size as BC, and there just isn't the money to go around for funding two of each thing. Especially one that has pretty limited uses.

UrbanWarrior said:
The only other province with 2 or more CFL teams is Ontario, and all 3 of them have recently built or recently renovated stadiums. Or... do the Argos still play at Sky Dome or is it BMO Stadium?? Cause BMO was recently renovated, I don't think Sky Dome has.
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The GTA has more population than the whole of Alberta, and Toronto has TFC which also uses the stadium. Argos do still play at BMO Field, which is being temporarily expanded for the World Cup and is worse than almost every stadium in the US. The economics just doesn't really work without the NFL or in Europe's case, Association Football.
 
UrbanWarrior said:
The city could even leverage the cost of the stadium against the district redevelopment to cover a good portion of the cost.
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The city doesn't own the land or the Stadium. To save money in the 80s the city swapped the land with the university during the expansion of the LRT and Crowchild.
 
As UofC own the stadium and i think they are not willing to do anything on it. Definitely need a new stadium, soccer is also getting popular can be used for that too. I have been to some of Cavalry fc game and they have decent crowd even though the ground is on temporary stand and capacity is 5000
 
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