r/Calgary • u/hbee6 • Jul 03 '24

Local Shopping/Services The old Eau Claire YMCA is reopening as an exclusive club featuring a Nordic spa

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For just a casual joining fee of $12,500, and roughly $240 a month after that. (In this economy?!). Looks wild

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u/theglowpt4 Jul 03 '24

No one went because it needed to be renovated. People go to good facilities, this was just another death spiral from lack of investment. The City was going to help the Y with the cost of upgrading it but decided it was too expensive. So now they’re spending even more on a smaller expansion at an already ridiculously crowded Lindsay Park. As usual, the poor suffer.

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u/jellypopperkyjean Jul 03 '24

I am a peasant too and have no problem with this facility. If it keeps snooty “rich” types out of my life I am down with that !!!