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>>> That building is known around the world for calgary. >> Reporter: as a group of calgarian's try to preserve one of calgary's most iconic fixtures of the city's skyline, the saddledome, changes at canada olympic park and olympic plaza have some feeling the city's olympic logo legacy is beginning to fade. >> That is our culture, I'm a fifth-generation albertan, that is our heritage, and when that's off the landscape we are going to hurt our image worldwide. >> Reporter: but the dome is not the only piece of olympic and for structure set to come down, in 2018 to ski jumps at ski cop were decommissioned due to a lack of funding and olympic plaza is about to undergo a major redevelopment, some people feel calgary is slowly losing its olympic legacy that helped shape the city into what it is today. >> It is very sad actually, I am shocked that they are even doing things like that, especially the saddledome. >> Reporter: calgary is progressively changing, the intra- structure all the time, let's not forget our history, that's keep it raw, there for people to see and understand. >> Reporter: the calgary municipal land corporation has launched an online survey giving calgarian's a chance to have their say on what the revamped olympic plaza should look like. As for the saddledome's replacement, groundwork for the new arena has already begun, the final design has yet to be released but one member with save our saddledome says he hopes the new building will feature some saddledome charm. >> Some way to honour the saddledome or have pieces in their, it is such an important part of calgary. >> Reporter: the new event centre is expected to be completed by 2027, whale the new olympic plaza is set to open in 2028. In calgary, city news. >>> Amazon has been a welcome addition to our province and economy. >> Reporter: calgary celebrating the facilities first amazon robotics fulfil mix centre, it will create over 1500 jobs, welcome news for a province that's labour market is struggling to keep pace with population. >> We know this matters, not only to job creators and investors but the many people moving to alberta and finding work. >> Reporter: calgary is currently the fastest growing city in the country, but the unemployment rate spiked in april, they are says the new tow .8 million square-foot facility will help to manage the growth. >> The city has to be firing on all cylinders when it comes to managing growth right now, we need to make sure people have places to live and make sure people have ways to get to work, we need to make sure they have implement opportunities. >> Reporter: the mayor also helps the facility will help local businesses within calgary reach more customers. >> It is leveling the playing field for a lot of small businesses pagodas allowing them to get their products out to market quicker so they can compete with some of the large big-box retailers. >> Reporter: amazon has grown its alberta workforce from 4000 in 2019 to almost 6000 workers this year, with plans to expand further. >> The gross of that a growth of amazon in alberta the number of jobs continue to go up. >> Reporter: the company hopes technology in the facility will help to advance productivity in the workspace by using automated systems and robots to help them poise, pack, and ship customers orders faster. In calgary, city news.

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