Duha calls out Katz. Good article:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle4568381/
Quote:
No, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Jaded observers have monitored this discussion for decade: Should a private sports entity ever receive subsidies from the public purse?
Sometimes, governments give in to the pressure and sometimes, they stand fast.
But the Seattle Oilers?
In a soon-to-be oversaturated sports market that includes Major League Baseball, the NFL, a popular MLS team and a likely NBA expansion team, an NHL team – any NHL team – would be an afterthought.
Honestly, there is no way to see this as anything other than a giant bluff. It would be nice if Edmonton city council saw it that way, too.
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Globe weighs in that there's very little economic benefit from an arena:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle4568843/