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Originally Posted by Tyler
Just a point about those "dastardly billionaires".
Doc's estate JUST left $119M to the Calgary Foundation. Harley was a huge philanthropist and I'm sure Murray Edwards has put millions of dollars into Calgary.
We're not talking about Mr. Burns here.
These guys love this city and while public money may help get enormous infrastructure projects built to support teams they own, they are certainly model Calgarians with a huge focus on civic duty.
Again, I don't think any single owner has gone out in public and stated they're looking for a dime to date. Am I wrong?
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That's an interesting thing to bring up. I think it's very fair to say that few Calgarians love(d) the Flames as much as those guys, yet when it came down to it, they choose to put their money towards other things. That's not to say that they won't be putting money towards a new stadium as well, but as far as their philanthropy goes I'm sure the new venues are far from the top.