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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
did you hear about Katz a couple of weeks back when the arena was revealed to be over budget?
katz had the gall to say the team was subsidizing the arena and used Glendale as the example (since the argument is the arena would be a white elephant if there is no major tenant)...
uh...katz? Maybe Edmonton would be smart and NOT BUILD THE FREAKING THING!?
Talk about Orwellian doublespeak ...
and now Katz is trying to play chicken by going to seattle for a look around...
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Winnipeg and Pittsburgh already give a yearly subsidy to the Jets and Penguins.
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a gaming subsidy similar to what the Winnipeg Jets and Pittsburgh Penguins receive in their new deals. In Winnipeg, the team gets $12 million a year in operating subsidies, Staples said, a portion coming from gaming.
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http://daveberta.ca/2012/09/david-staples-katz-arena/
and here's Mario on visiting other cities.
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Similarly, after successfully using relocation threats to get the city of Pittsburgh to help fund a new hockey arena, Penguins owner and NHL legend Mario Lemieux admitted, "Our goal was to remain here in Pittsburgh all the way. Those trips to Kansas City and Vegas and other cities was just to go, and have a nice dinner and come back.... That was just a way for us to put more pressure, and we knew it would work at the end of the day." (It's also worth noting that even in those few cities where teams have moved, no local elected official has yet been voted out of office as a result. A Wisconsin state senator who cast the deciding vote for a new Brewers stadium in 1995 did, however, become his state's first legislator to be recalled by voters.)
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https://www.npr.org/2011/08/05/13901...ports-stadiums