Alberta premier Danielle Smith

2022 - 10 - 26

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Alberta premier Danielle Smith supports new arena for Flames in ... (Sportsnet.ca)

Danielle Smith said in a statement Wednesday that the 39-year-old Saddledome has served the community well, but can no longer compete with new buildings ...

Just weeks after the Flames and the city agreed to an amended deal in July, 2021, it fell apart when the city added an additional $19 million in roadwork and climate mitigation to the project, and wanted the Flames to pay for $10 million of that. Edmonton's new arena cost $483.5 million to build, but the add-ons of a pedestrian corridor and transit connection, a community arena and a convention space called the Winter Garden brought the total cost of the project to $613 million. Shovels were scheduled to hit the ground this year for a 19,000-seat hockey arena and concert venue, but the Flames withdrew because of rising costs. "I've asked him to reach out to both the city and CSEC on how the province can be helpful in this regard," Smith said. Smith wants to find ways the province could help the city and the Flames complete the project. Alberta's premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames and wants the province to get involved.

Alberta premier Danielle Smith supports new arena in Calgary (Dawson Creek Mirror)

CALGARY — Alberta's premier stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames.

Just weeks after the Flames and the city agreed to an amended deal in July, 2021, it fell apart when the city added an additional $19 million in roadwork and climate mitigation to the project, and wanted the Flames to pay for $10 million of that. Edmonton's new arena cost $483.5 million to build, but the add-ons of a pedestrian corridor and transit connection, a community arena and a convention space called the Winter Garden brought the total cost of the project to $613 million. "I've asked him to reach out to both the city and CSEC on how the province can be helpful in this regard," Smith said. Smith wants to find ways the province could help the city and the Flames complete the project. CALGARY — Alberta's premier has stated her support for a new arena in Calgary to house the NHL's Flames and wants the province to get involved. "Simply stated, Calgary needs a new world class event centre and arena, and the time to commence with this project is now."

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Alberta's premier names provincial rep in renewed Calgary event ... (Globalnews.ca)

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named Ric McIver the province's representative in the renewed talks between the City of Calgary and the Flames ownership ...

“Time is of the essence for this project, so we definitely don’t want to throw in more red tape or barriers in this process moving forward.” It’s the second-oldest arena in the NHL behind New York’s Madison Square Garden. Corus Entertainment is the owner of Global News. (CSEC) and the chair of the city’s event centre committee. I won’t be part of the committee. Any additional costs would be borne by the Flames owners. Sonya Sharp – who chairs the city’s event centre committee – had not yet had an opportunity to discuss the letter with each other. We’re not here to Bigfoot in.” McIver was most recently the minister of municipal affairs before Smith named a new cabinet on Friday. “We’re here to help. But Gondek called the show of interest from the province “good news.” [Danielle Smith](https://globalnews.ca/tag/danielle-smith) wrote in a letter to Calgary’s mayor, the chair of [Calgary Sports and Entertainment](https://globalnews.ca/tag/calgary-sports-and-entertainment) Corp.

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