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The City of Saskatoon administration thinks future downtown planning should consider the possibility of a new combined arena and convention centre.

Now it’s up to the politicians to weigh in on the possibility and figure out how to pay for any new facilities.

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City called a news conference Wednesday to discuss the city’s review of a consultants’ report that favoured replacing TCU Place, the downtown convention centre, and SaskTel Centre, the arena/concert venue located in the city’s northwest.

The officials who spoke Wednesday said the decision to move forward with any such project rests with city council.

“There’s a lot of big questions out there,” said the city’s director of planning and development, Lesley Anderson. “The (bus rapid transit) routing is one of those questions that’s still out there.”

Council will consider city reports on the possibility of a new arena/convention centre at its governance and priorities committee meeting on Tuesday.