Posts About "Scotiabank Saddledome"
New NHL Arena in Calgary Back on Table, Tentative Agreement Struck
July 22nd, 2019 CALGARY — Plans for a new arena in Calgary to replace the Saddledome are accelerating with a tentative agreement in place. The city, the Calgary Flames and the Calgary Stampede, which owns the land, have agreed in principle to terms...
Calgary City Council to Discuss Arena Proposal Behind Closed Doors
July 19th, 2019 Calgary's city council is to discuss a proposed deal for a new event centre that would be home to the NHL's Calgary Flames. Details have not been revealed, but council members say they will be talking about the proposal at their next mee...
Calgary and the Flames Play a High-Stakes Game of Chicken
September 29th, 2017 The month of September is often a time of optimism in the National Hockey League's 31 markets, as training camps open and the possibilities of a brand-new season are still on the horizon. In Calgary the mood has instead been a bit uneasy as the tense negotiations for a new arena between the Flames and the municipal government have become...
Why Do Cities Still Publicly Fund New NHL Arenas?
June 21st, 2014 Brian Burke’s mouth, as it so often does, has made headlines in recent weeks concerning the Calgary Flames’ “embarrassing” home arena, the Saddledome. Burke’s call for a downtown stadium is nothing new to the sporting world, but it does bring up the hotly debated discussion of whether or not a new NHL arena should be...
The Saddledome's Uncertain Future
June 12th, 2014 When the Olympic Saddledome opened in Calgary's Stampede Park in the winter of 1983, it was an optimistic time for the city. The local economy had begun to rebound after oil market price shocks had subsided. The Calgary Flames had made the playoffs for their first three seasons in town, playing in the cozy-if-antiquated Stampede Corral....
The Saddledome Turns 30 Amidst Flood Recovery
October 9th, 2013 The fall of 2013 was always going to be a time of celebration for the Scotiabank Saddledome and its operators, the Calgary Flames. As fate would have it, the nature of the celebrations changed dramatically due to some dire circumstances, and has led to increasing discussions regarding the future of the facility. When the Flames...
