On Monday, Calgary city council’s event centre committee had their first meeting to work towards a new arena deal to replace the prior arena deal. (You remember, the one that was dissolved at the end of December because the city and Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation, the Calgary Flames’ owners, couldn’t agree on a finalized budget for construction. Of course you remember, it was a whole thing.)
Stemming from that meeting, we have good news and bad news: the third party deal facilitator (the “deal-hunter”) has been selected, but the city can’t tell us who it is quite yet because their agreements have yet be finalized.