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Keno gaming model could fund arena, save taxpayer money: Smith
EDMONTON, AB (January 3, 2013): Alberta should examine using revenue generated from a rebranded KENO lottery game in order to fund sports arena projects, including the proposed downtown arena in Edmonton, Wildrose Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith said today.
With the deadline for an Edmonton arena deal looming, Smith said it’s time to start considering new and creative ways to get the facility built. She said the existing KENO game could be rebranded and remarketed by Alberta’s NHL teams as a means to generate revenue for arena projects. In Edmonton, it could fill the $100 million funding gap in the downtown arena project within five years while avoiding the use of tax dollars to fund the project.
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Wildrose came out with this today, wondering what hockey fans think?
I'm not 100% sold on the idea. Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has come out against it and I find myself siding with them.
I will try to find CTF's comments and post those to.