On New Arena Financing:
The Flames & Oilers should first go to their Internal Governing body: the NHL.
In 2010, the NHL & NBC signed a 10 year, $2 billion broadcasting deal, which provides about $200 million per year to the NHL.
This would be more than enough money to assist their franchises in replacing aging arenas, and if they're not lying, they'll make more money.
MacDonald's has recently done this too. The main company recently renovated all restaurants owned by local MacDonalds franchise owners. It's the exact same situation as the NHL and all of its franchises.
There's absolutely no need to go to the government to find money for these arenas. Other things to consider is that Murray Edwards is a major shareholder of Canadian Natural Resources - one of the heavy weight companies of Canada. Also, if you check Nenshi's twitter account, he has many comments along the lines of "spend half a billion on a new arena to attract a Lady Gaga concert - I don't see it".
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