Stuart Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I don't know if this is the right section for this, but now that the City is shutting down the McCall Lake golf course and selling off the land, I think it would be a perfect spot for a new Soccer stadium here in Cowtown. It's easy to get to just off Deerfoot and 32Ave. N.E. (and about 5 minutes from my place) and they are trying to get athletic facilities (baseball etc.)to move in to the large area, so a medium sized S.S.S. for a future P.D.L. or NASL team would be fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizz1402635577 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Not to be a buzzkill, but I thought I read that land was being sold off for industrial usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmcmurph Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I've heard both are planned. I guess we all heard different stations with their take on it. Hopefully a decent footy field will go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Actually both are planned. Here is an overview of the proposed land use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuscan Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Interesting. Hopefully if they build a soccer stadium it is a true SSS and not some mixed use bs. That'd be brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Interesting. Hopefully if they build a soccer stadium it is a true SSS and not some mixed use bs. That'd be brutal. Mixed use can be brutal true. All depends on the field qualities and the level of mixed use. If you going to stick a running track in there then yes that classic MU BS and you can forget it. If you talking field sports that work within similar dimensions to that of a soccer field (i.e. rugby and Field hockey) then it's worth considering as secondary income streams behind the Prime tenant. Hull City's KC Stadium was developed for both rugby and Soccer. and with IRB's current stance on Field turf its not altogether "undoable". Mind, the Lines have to be of the non-permanent variety to make that senario work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yeah, multi-use stadiums get a bad rap sometimes. There are good multi-use stadiums (Swangard) and bad ones (Clarke). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Yeah, multi-use stadiums get a bad rap sometimes. There are good multi-use stadiums (Swangard) and bad ones (Clarke). Its the field, right? Sadly we can't grow grass in Edmonton; Not such a problem in BC though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Its the field, right? Largely! Doesn't have to be grass, obviously; if they had the Commonwealth Stadium field turf with washable lines at Clarke that alone would help a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmonte Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 From the looks of it, they aren't putting a soccer stadium in, lucky if one of those rec areas that's left is a soccer field? Unfortunately, similar to what we are seeing with FCEdmonton, it's not going to be a "if you build it, they will come" scenario. Before Calgary builds/approves any decent kind of soccer stadium, they're going to want a team to build it for first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 So to some extent, for Calgary to be an expansion team in the NASL they will have to "Come in Hot", so to speak; with a $8-10million Soccer Specfic Sstadium (and access to land to build it on). An owner with $20m in the bank and in his back pocket the $750K entry fee. Plus they will need the funds to put a minimum 15-20 man squad on the field. Based on a $50K average salary at least $1m per season (probably much more). Okay, anybody in Calgary soccer-mad enough to find $40 million down the back of the Sofa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jogesc2 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 So to some extent, for Calgary to be an expansion team in the NASL they will have to "Come in Hot", so to speak; with a $8-10million Soccer Specfic Sstadium (and access to land to build it on). An owner with $20m in the bank and in his back pocket the $750K entry fee. Plus they will need the funds to put a minimum 15-20 man squad on the field. Based on a $50K average salary at least $1m per season (probably much more). Okay, anybody in Calgary soccer-mad enough to find $40 million down the back of the Sofa? There's lots of rich oil people here in Calgary but rich and soccer mad? I just don't see it. I heard the CEO of my company was once valued at $330 Million, mind you that was before the economy tanked. Plus I've heard he's got small interests in the other pro teams here in Calgary and as far as I know no interest in soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alberta white Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 There's lots of rich oil people here in Calgary but rich and soccer mad? I just don't see it. I heard the CEO of my company was once valued at $330 Million, mind you that was before the economy tanked. Plus I've heard he's got small interests in the other pro teams here in Calgary and as far as I know no interest in soccer. Thanks for that. pretty much what I would have though. Although that been said, and to their credit I don't believe Tom and Dave Fath had seen much Pro-Soccer prior to starting up FC Edmonton. It was the much malined Mel Koalachuk who effectivley introduced them to the game at the NASL level. so If you can find a soft shoe guy down there , you never know what might happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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