YYCInfraObserver
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This would be excellent to come to fruition.
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This would be excellent to come to fruition.
jmarchy
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No stadium space here, McMahon haters despair.
Love the amphitheatre! Hope that is close to top of the list.
Love the amphitheatre! Hope that is close to top of the list.
Tothewest
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Well, one could certainly interpret the grandstand and stadium expansion to "enable expanded programming"...as potentially finding a way to make it a true stadium??
Awesome plan overall, the Amphitheatre being a more structured replacement for the coca cola stage...but more importantly allowing for street facing development. Nothing really earth shattering here, but atleast the logic is now put on paper
Sequence wise, Saddledome comes down first, which allows for a proper street grid shape, to allow for expanded space for the Ag Building. Wonder what role CSEC would play in the live venue space on site, if they have a "first right" with Stampede to operate it. Would otherwise lead to potential conflicting programming which hurts both
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Urban_Views
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The Masterplan looks great so far, lots of interesting elements within those renders. It looks like an audience member would be able to see the skyline past the stage of the amphitheatre. The turf field is a nice addition of greenspace.
blue12
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Very curious what this "Stampede Gateway" development is (if it's anything more than just a concept yet), as well as the Big Four replacement that they labelled as "multi-purpose venue". For this new venue I really hope they don't cut corners and make it just a fancy modern box, the BMO Centre expansion across the street does set a pretty high standard. Interested to see how this plays out over the next handful of years.
CBBarnett
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Cautiously optimistic - I am actually kind of shocked they convinced the Stampede to get rid of so much asphalt. It does seem they really want to catch the Stampede up to other big cities with proper, high quality entertainment and exhibition district rather than a collection of random event builds in mostly empty parking lots.
That amphitheatre would be really cool - it looks like they are using the PNE Amphitheatre as a placeholder which is under construction in Vancouver right now:
kora
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Absolutely love how the neglected east side of 17th Avenue, east of 4 Street, is finally reaching its potential after several long decades.
Roaring Flames
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It'll be interesting to see what they mean by a Multi-purpose venue. In the Stampede's news release they have it defined as:
Does that mean a new flat event space that can host small concerts and events? Or does it mean a small arena type venue?
Tothewest
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I would assume an open free-span building...large than the individual halls at the older BMO. If Calgary every bid again on olympics, could potentially be a temporary 6-7k venue for hockey or curling or something.
Literally, literally the only thing now holding back east 17th is Alpha house. Wild to me that between east village and rivers, both civic priorities for development, BOTH contain a shelter (thus drugs, homeless, ect...). Make it make sense
darwink
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I imagine something like this in Edmonton, perhaps a bit larger, in the 6000 range.
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Roaring Flames
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Man, something like that would be the perfect size to host the Calgary Surge and maybe the Hitman
trtcttc
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So basically a Stampede Corral replacement. We have a few in the 2000 range, WinSport, Max Bell, David Bauer, but nothing in that 6-10k range.
trtcttc
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“We talked about the Stampeders, and I said, ‘The stadium has passed its shelf life.’ I don’t think that’s a surprise to anybody, and the reality is that we only play there 10 games a year, and so it has to be a stadium that is going to be, in my opinion, anyway, city-led,” he said.
livewirecalgary.com
If Farkas has a political bone in his body, he'd run far away from any public funding for this.
Calgary Stampede master plan could spell the long, slow end for McMahon Stadium
One of the biggest moments of pause during the Calgary Stampede’s announcement of its new 20-year master plan was the mention of a potential new home for the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders. During the presentation of the ambitious park redevelopment, Calgary Stampede CEO Joel Cowley described a...
livewirecalgary.com
If Farkas has a political bone in his body, he'd run far away from any public funding for this.
Tothewest
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Yep, could for sure see something in that 4-6k size. 6-10k can get to be too big and expensive and then compete with smaller shows that Scotia Place would want.
Tothewest
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This would be significantly less political than SP. The Stampede has every reason themselves, as does the city, to expand the East Grandstand for the Stampede ,and thus have a proper facility to host a June/August/September outdoor concert. If the Stampeders contribute XX which takes cares of the field level infrastructure...the stadium is literally already halfway there lol“We talked about the Stampeders, and I said, ‘The stadium has passed its shelf life.’ I don’t think that’s a surprise to anybody, and the reality is that we only play there 10 games a year, and so it has to be a stadium that is going to be, in my opinion, anyway, city-led,” he said.
Calgary Stampede master plan could spell the long, slow end for McMahon Stadium
One of the biggest moments of pause during the Calgary Stampede’s announcement of its new 20-year master plan was the mention of a potential new home for the CFL’s Calgary Stampeders. During the presentation of the ambitious park redevelopment, Calgary Stampede CEO Joel Cowley described a...
If Farkas has a political bone in his body, he'd run far away from any public funding for this.
I was skeptical, but its starting to make a lot of sense