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The team of three business executives named by the City of Calgary to come up with a plan for a new event centre reports that its work is "progressing well."

Calgary’s event centre committee met for several hours Monday morning and indicated theres reason for optimism on the potential for a future arena deal.

The City of Calgary has recruited three people from the commercial real-estate sector in an effort to get a new event centre to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome.

Three people from Calgary’s commercial real estate sector have been hired to help the city push its arena deal forward, a council committee announced Wednesday.

CALGARY - The city of Calgary has recruited citizens from the commercial real-estate sector to help get a new event centre and home for the Calgary Flames back on track.

Total construction value in 2021 was up 68 per cent to $5.7 billion from the $3.4 billion reported in 2020

A significant increase in the number of construction permit applications in Calgary last year is being heralded as an indication of economic rebound from the start of the pandemic.

Councillors spent more than three hours Wednesday afternoon grilling administration about the now-dead deal to partner with the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation to build a new event centre.

Councillors spent more than three hours Wednesday grilling administration about the now-dead deal to partner with the Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation to build a new event centre.

  CALGARY -- Construction on Calgarys new arena has yet to break ground, but the estimated budget is already up to $60 million higher than the price tag agreed upon in 2019.  Calgary city council heard an update on the event centre project in a closed door meeting, then the budget increase was revealed in public after 10 p.m. Monday.  "The response that we received from the general manager was that theyre looking at about $50-60 million over budget right now on this project," said Ward 3...