City eyes redeveloping area around McMahon Stadium

CALGARY – The City of Calgary is looking at a flashy new plan to rebuild the area around McMahon Stadium and Foothills Athletic Park.

As it stands now the plans are currently on the drawing board, but include a new fieldhouse, hotels, retail, and apartments.

Ward 5 Councillor George Chahal says it would be a complete makeover for the area.

“You need a good plan and a vision to provide a future for the community,” Chahal said. “And I think this is the start of that, and the start of great conversations.”

The long-range plan also calls for renovations to the aging McMahon Stadium itself, nearby entertainment facilities, and mixed-use residential buildings.

Ward 9 Councillor Gian-Carlo Carra says the city has used similar plans to redevelop other inner-city neighborhoods.

“I think it’s exactly the model for how we should be moving forward,” Carra said. “It’s definitely what built the East village successfully, it’s definitely what built the bridges successfully.”

The plans are still on paper at this point and could take 10 years or longer to build.

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