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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Can someone please develop a business case like they do with any major project in the companies these guys run? Present to tax payers the literal impact the Flames have on Calgary direct and indirect.
Somehow this never gets done. Why? because as giving as these guys are, they want a better deal than the hard numbers will give them. So the emotional arguments get trotted out. So I see no problem with criticizing and grilling them, personal charities or not.
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I'm really not following your line of thinking here. Do you think that these astute business guys won't conduct a full analysis of this project before potentially committing hundreds of millions of dollars to it? And you think the city will commit taxpayer money to this project without a study on social, economic and environmental impact on the community? "The emotional arguments being trotted out because the hard numbers don't work" = your conclusion from 1 op ed article from one Herald staffer. This is the beginning of a long process of studies, planning, negotiating, PR, problem solving.