Friends, the Calgary Flames’ arena deal with the City of Calgary is not dead. But it’s also not quite alive at the moment either, as the two sides are at loggerheads regarding roughly $16-19 million in costs that arose from the development permit process.
Based on comments from Flames CEO John Bean on Wednesday, there appear to be two big sticking points: the cost associated with incorporating solar panels on the roof, and costs associated with sidewalk and road right-of-ways around the new facility.
Solar panels
While the costs that the two sides have cited vary, one that’s been consistent has been $4 million associated with environmental costs – notably and primarily solar paneling.