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Originally Posted by nik-
No, because the answer to that is obvious, but the NHL isn't going to disappear because the Flames don't get their arena publicly funded. On a higher level, the local economy isn't going to be effected either because like Cliff said, people don't just save the money they intended to spend. They're still Westerners who spend spend spend.
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No games, less patrons, it is a fact for the bars in "the core" (the ones needing the arena).
Perhaps the money gets spent regardless, however, it doesn't go to those that count on it. No arena, perhaps no NHL, and those bars are gone. No NHL, people spend the money on movies, travel, who knows what else, just not in "the core" where the arena benefit would be.