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• Can you picture Calgary’s skyline without the Saddledome?

  The proposed downtown arena deal would see the Saddledome demolished if a new arena is built.

  Features

  Jul 26, 2019
  
• New NHL arena in Calgary back on the table, tentative agreement struck

  The City of Calgary, the Calgary Flames and the Calgary Stampede, which owns the land, have agreed in principle to terms on an event centre that would be the new home of the city's NHL team.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2019
  
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• Joe McFarland: Expect new arena talks to start up again in Calgary

  With arena/event centre negotiations picking back up in Calgary, Joe McFarland writes he's seen the same arguments before.

  Nov 19, 2018
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• Joe McFarland: Calgary is adopting a ‘can’t do’ attitude

  Five years ago, Calgarians pulled through the 2013 flood with a 'can do' attitude. Since then, more and more projects in Calgary have been met with resistance, as if they're things Calgary 'can't do,' Joe McFarland writes.

  Oct 26, 2018
• Calgary city council approves committee to hit reset button on arena talks

  Calgary Coun. Jeff Davison is tabling a motion Monday at city council to strike a new committee to reaffirm their commitment to a new arena in the city.

  Canada

  May 28, 2018
• Fresh faces on Calgary’s city council try to reignite new Flames’ arena conversation

  A new arena deal for Calgary might not be dead. A few new Calgary city councillors fuelled the conversation once again this past week.

  Politics

  Apr 23, 2018
• Arena not on agenda as Gary Bettman heads to Calgary

  The Calgary Flames pulled out of talks with the city last fall, saying negotiations were going nowhere on reaching a deal to build a new facility.

  Sports

  Mar 1, 2018
• Dave Rowe: Calgary needs a fieldhouse for the Stampeders

  A fieldhouse would give Calgary families a place to play and train year-round away from the elements.

  Sports

  Sep 22, 2017
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• Rob Breakenridge: Make no mistake, the Flames are playing hardball

  It seems rather deliberate to raise the political stakes in the hopes that worried Flames fans will pressure those running for mayor and city council to give the owners a better deal.

  Commentary

  Sep 13, 2017
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• Dave Rowe: Not helpful Brian

  Here's a few talking points that'll dig  opponents of any public money for an arena  project into their positions deeper than the German Army on the Hindenburg line

  Sports

  Jun 8, 2017