Takeaways from the city’s arena contracts

On Monday night, the City of Calgary quietly published the many, many pages of contracts that papered the arena deal between the city, the Calgary Stampede and the Calgary Flames. We’ve dug through the documents and have a few takeaways.

Breakdowns elsewhere

Our pals at the CBC and Postmedia have done their own detailed breakdowns of the documents. Check out the CBC’s here (by Drew Anderson) and Postmedia’s here (by Madeline Smith and Meghan Potkins).

Via Postmedia, one of the more interesting pieces of intel dug up is regarding insurance (given that Stampede Park flooded in 2013):

The terms see Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corp. pay for the $550-million building’s insurance premiums, but…