Before the holidays, the paperwork was all finally completed between the City, the Stampede and the Calgary Flames to finally get the arena deal done. Now comes the fun part: actually building the thing.
For some insight into what happens next, we had a chance to chat with Kate Thompson, the new president and CEO of Calgary Municipal Land Corporation – the city subsidiary that’s in charge of building the new arena.
(We’ve edited questions slightly for length and clarity.)
During the whole process, there seems to have been less vocal opposition for public support for the BMO Centre expansion than for the event centre – the link seems obvious, a bigger convention centre would draw in bigger tourist events.