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“It would all be combined together, all three,” said Jones, a well-known Stamps fan. “I think it’s all just one giant building from what I understand of the plans.”

He cautioned the plan could have changed over the ensuing months and he was excited to see the proposal when it’s presented to season ticket holders at an invitation-only event Tuesday morning on the Stampede grounds.

“It’s a hell of proposal that they’re putting together,” Jones said, adding the Flames are “putting up the majority of the money.”

Plans to replace the aging Scotiabank Saddledome stretch back to at least 2007, when King first began drafting plans for a new arena.

The proposal would move the Stampeders from McMahon Stadium, a 55-year-old facility that sits on University of Calgary land.

It’s unclear what would happen to the football stadium, which was built in 103 days in 1960 and has undergone a number of expansions over the years, if the Stampeders move out.

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Larry Robinson, a Canadian Football Hall of Fame member and former Calgary Stampeder defensive back/kicker from 1961 to 1974, said a covered stadium roof would be beneficial for both fans and players.

“If they do it right, they should be able to put a hockey rink and a football field in the same covered building,” he said.

Robinson played countless games in freezing conditions, but today the man behind a 1970 game-winning field goal that’s been dubbed the finest cold weather play of all time, won’t go to McMahon Stadium to watch a game if it’s raining.