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Originally Posted by -TC-
the whole thing has turned into a gong show. I've lived in Edmonton for 13 years and I'm still amazed by how small minded the general pop is in terms of what it takes to be considered a tier one city...most are completely clueless and are more worried about a miniscule tax bump than doing something that redifines downtown and drives big money into the core
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Ya and in those 13 years the minimum price of an Oiler ticket has gone from $20 to $50, the games have gone from having huge empty holes to packed every night, and now the owner, who spends maybe 2 months a year actually in Edmonton wants the taxpayer to shell out for a building to make him even richer?
This isn't about not wanting to be a top tier city, if the city put up half the costs and got half of the revenues then I'm cool with it. I am not cool with lining the pockets of a billionaire who is too busy flying around to other cities on his private jets then actually fronting the money for a venture that will undoubtly pay off in the long run.
The government is not supposed to be in the business of subsidizing private industry, so until Katz is willing share the profits I'm not willing to share my income to make him richer.