Ladies and gentlemen, the Calgary Flames will be moving to a new home… about 500 meters north of the Scotiabank Saddledome. City council has voted to ratify the tentative deal between the Flames, the city and the Calgary Stampede to construct a new arena in Victoria Park.
Following a presentation by the negotiating team and several hours of debate, the vote on council was 11-4 in favour of ratifying the deal:
- For (11): Naheed Nenshi, Ward Sutherland, Joe Magliocca, Jyoti Gondek, Sean Chu, Jeff Davison, Gian-Carlo Carra, Ray Jones, Shane Keating, Diane Colley-Urquhart and Peter Demong
- Against (4): George Chahal, Druh Farrell, Evan Woolley and Jeromy Farkas
As previously discussed at length, the deal will see the Flames and the city each pay for half of a $550 million facility – $275 million for each side.