The Calgary city council was presented with a new city report on the “Plan B” option for a new Calgary Flames arena just north of the Saddledome yesterday, and, um:
The report doesn’t include renderings, or information about cost or funding, and city administration refused to answer questions about the report ahead of Monday’s meeting.
Also:
The new centre, for which there are no plans yet, would include an NHL-level arena along with other “ancillary services” that are yet to be determined, the report says.
“Preliminary site planning and architectural investigations have determined that there is sufficient site area for an event centre with the same specifications and details as the event centre included as part of the CalgaryNEXT design,” the report said.
So basically, this report says, hey, there’s a big empty parking lot near the Flames’ old arena, bet you could fit an arena there. That’s nice and all, but wake me when somebody actually has some idea what it would cost or who would pay for it. Meanwhile, here are some Flames fans debating the new site. (Don’t click the link for the report, it’s broken.)