Gary Bettman finally speaks on the new arena deal in Calgary

«I know that they have, their election's the end of May. There's an agreement in place finally for a new event centre. It's a testament to the passion, desire and commitment of Flames ownership to Calgary, because it hasn't been easy. And the delays over the years, between costs of construction and interest rate, has made the project much more expensive. But Flames ownership has hung in there, the city's been great under the new mayor and council, and assuming the election goes the right way at the provincial level this should be a done deal and that'll be great.»

«Everybody, including the province, worked very hard to make this a reality. The province doesn't have a deal with the club, the province is working with the city on some infrastructure, which they have to do anyway. So this is another situation where you can use the opportunity for infrastructure to make something really positive happen for the community.»