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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't understand what you find excellent. The Oilers are going to get a taxpayer funded deal eventually and the Flames will likely seek the same deal. The deal will probably not be for as much as the Oilers ask for but it's going to happen and you will just have to deal with it.
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I find it fantastic that our elected officials are standing up to billionaire owners that don't want to fund their own revenue generators! The sooner the masses realize that a new rink benefits them in essentially no way other then sitting in a new building instead of a slightly outdated one, the less likely it is your scenario plays out.
If Katz or the Flames don't like it, they can pack it up like they love to threaten every few years and enjoy a fruitful market like Kansas city. They'll have lost the money they would have spent to fund the building themselves in a matter of years.