About Calgarynext
CalgaryNEXT is a proposed private-public $890 million multi-purpose 365-day-a-year sports complex to be built in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. According to the privately owned Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), who unveiled their megaproject in August 2015 during a period when slumping oil prices and layoffs in the energy sector were leading Alberta into a recession, CalgaryNEXT would provide a much needed economic stimulus. CSEC owners - Allan Markin, Alvin Libin, Jeffrey McCaig, Byron Seaman as well as billionaires Murray Edwards and Clay Riddell, include some of Calgary’s wealthiest oilmen. The proposal includes two buildings: a 19, 000–20, 000 seat events centre that would serve as the home arena of two hockey clubs, the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, and the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League, as well as the Calgary Roughnecks lacrosse team; and a 30, 000-seat football stadium and fieldhouse that would be the home of the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders and serve as a public training and activity space. The complex, to be located in the West Village along the Bow River for the "hub of pro and amateur sporting activity. "
Calgarynext Description
CalgaryNEXT is a proposed private-public $890 million multi-purpose 365-day-a-year sports complex to be built in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. According to the privately owned Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation (CSEC), who unveiled their megaproject in August 2015 during a period when slumping oil prices and layoffs in the energy sector were leading Alberta into a recession, CalgaryNEXT would provide a much needed economic stimulus. CSEC owners - Allan Markin, Alvin Libin, Jeffrey McCaig, Byron Seaman as well as billionaires Murray Edwards and Clay Riddell, include some of Calgary’s wealthiest oilmen. The proposal includes two buildings: a 19, 000–20, 000 seat events centre that would serve as the home arena of two hockey clubs, the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, and the Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League, as well as the Calgary Roughnecks lacrosse team; and a 30, 000-seat football stadium and fieldhouse that would be the home of the Canadian Football League's Calgary Stampeders and serve as a public training and activity space. The complex, to be located in the West Village along the Bow River for the "hub of pro and amateur sporting activity. "