Calgary Event Centre

• Talks ongoing, but no negotiations yet with CSEC on Calgary event centre project: city committee

  Sonya Sharp, the event centre committee chair, said she is optimistic of "where we're at and where we're going" with regard to behind-the-scenes work on reviving the project.

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  Jul 4
  
• Trio named as Calgary event centre third party for negotiations, timeline still undetermined

  According to city administration, the third party group has already had talks with both the City of Calgary and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation on the project.

  Canada

  May 25
  
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• Arena resuscitation: Coun. Sharp to head up committee overseeing work on Calgary Event Centre

  The committee was created after the collapse of the original project with the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation prior to construction.

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  Apr 4
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• Calgary city council strikes committee to oversee work on event centre project

  The committee is tasked with overseeing progress on the development of Calgary event centre and to build on the foundation of previous work by city council.

  Canada

  Mar 8
• Calgary city council to get briefing Tuesday on event centre project

  Calgary city councillors are scheduled to be briefed on the event centre project at their meeting on Tuesday.

  Politics

  Mar 7
• City council seeks 3rd party to ‘start fresh,’ find partners for Calgary Event Centre

  Construction on the more than $600 million arena project was set to begin this month, but the deal was formally terminated by Flames ownership on Dec. 31.

  Canada

  Jan 13
• Calgary city council united in commitment to new event centre after lengthy meeting

  Calgary city councillors spent hours asking questions of city administration to determine what went wrong that led to the termination of a deal to build a new event centre.

  Canada

  Jan 12
• Gondek says City of Calgary is committed to building event centre

  Mayor Jyoti Gondek told reporters Wednesday that there are "many parties" interested in seeing the event centre project move forward.

  Politics

  Jan 6
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• Kenney expresses disappointment with City of Calgary over collapse of arena deal

  According to city officials $23 million has been spent on the event centre project including $11.5 million from the City of Calgary to date.

  Canada

  Jan 4
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• Calgary arena deal officially comes to an end after Dec. 31 deadline

  Both the CSEC and the city of Calgary had until the end of December to reach an agreement when construction could start on the new Calgary Event Centre and arena project.

  Politics

  Jan 3