A day after taking part in an announcement that Calgary's arena deal would go ahead with contributions from the city, the province and the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), Premier Danielle Smith says she's excited the agreement was struck.
"I feel really confident in this," Smith told the media at a conference in Calgary Wednesday."It was really excellent yesterday to see all the players at the table.On Tuesday afternoon, Smith, along with Mayor Jyoti Gondek and Ward 1 Coun. Sonya Sharp and their partners with CSEC,that would see a new arena for the Calgary Flames, a community arena for the public and a revitalized entertainment district in the downtown core.
"Taxpayers would not want us to fund the team in capital or operating so when we were looking at ways to 'bridge the gap,' we were looking at ways that we could support on infrastructure," she said. "It's going to build out the community arena, it's going to build out the roads, it's going to help the LRT, and we structured it that way."
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