It's no secret that the Calgary Flames want a new building. The Scotiabank Saddledome is getting on in years and next season, when the Detroit Red Wings move into Little Caesars Arena, the 'Dome will be older than every National Hockey League barn aside from Madison Square Garden (which has been completely renovated several times).
In advance of some expected developments from City Council in the New Year regarding the proposed "Plan B," an article from Postmedia's Annalise Klingbeil dropped a rather interesting bombshell: the CalgaryNEXT mega-project is on hold.
“We’re not talking about CalgaryNEXT; we put the pause button on that,” King, the CEO of the group that owns the Flames, Hitmen, Roughnecks and Stampeders, told Postmedia in a year-end interview on Monday.