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CalgaryNEXT is a proposed multi-purpose 365-day-a-year sports complex〔 to be built in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The complex, as unveiled by Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), would include a 19,000–20,000 seat events centre that would serve as the home arena of the Calgary Flames and Calgary Hitmen hockey clubs, as well as the Calgary Roughnecks lacrosse team, and a 30,000-50,000 seat stadium and fieldhouse〔 that would be the home of the Calgary Stampeders football team and serve as a public training and activity space. The complex, to be located in the West Village along the Bow River, and has a proposed cost of $890 million〔 for the "hub of pro and amateur sporting activity."〔 According to CSEC CEO, Ken King, CSEC president and CEO, speaking at a press conference at the Boyce Theatre at Stampede Park on August 18, 2015, CSEC proposes to pay $200 million of the cost directly, have the city pay $200 million, and the remainder funded by a ticket surcharge on events at the new facilities, and a community revitalization levy. Environmental remediation required to clean up creosote contamination on the site, which would provide an additional cost to the project. Immediate reaction to the proposal from local politicians was mixed; they supported the plan to redevelop the West Village area, but many – including Major Naheed Nenshi – expressed concern at the proposal, which would potentially have the city initially fund between $440 and $690 million of the projected cost which promoters claim will be recouped over a long period of time. As part of the proposal, the city would own the facilities and be managed by CSEC - thus excempting the land from property taxes - but would not receive any share of the profits. ==Facilities== Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation proposed the new complex to replace the city's two primary sporting venues, each of which is among the oldest in the league of its respective primary tenant: McMahon Stadium, a dual purpose Canadian football and soccer venue, while the Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary's main indoor arena, opened in 1983. The Calgary Flames, Calgary Stampeders, Western Hockey League’s Hitmen and National Lacrosse League’s Roughnecks are all owned by Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation. CSEC CEO, Ken King was quoted as saying,〔 The Scotiabank Saddledome — home of the Calgary Flames since it opened in 1983 — and Calgary's largest indoor arena, "ranks among the oldest venues" in the National Hockey League〔 and the McMahon Stadium, opened in 1960, is almost "the worst facility" in the Canadian Football League. The CalgaryNEXT development would consist of two facilities with a shared atrium. It is proposed for the West Village on the west end of Downtown Calgary, and located along the Bow River. CSEC had looked at other locations within the city, including Stampede Park, where the Saddledome and the Stampede Corral are located before determining that the park could not support the size of the proposed complex. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CalgaryNEXT」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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