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Originally Posted by heep223
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.
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Ok maybe I wasn't clear. I am not saying that at all. What I am trying to say is that if the owners want full support they need to be more transparent with taxpayers than saying things like "We play in a state of the art 1988 arena" or "Why should Edmonton have a better arena than us" or "They have lots of charities so we shouldn't criticize their ask of a huge sum of money"
I fully expect them to create lots of documentation, but they need to share it with us if they want our money. Edmonton fell in the trap that their owner set because they were afraid the team was moving to Seattle. They panicked and they got screwed.
I want Calgary in partnership with the Flames to do a study of economic impact, and release it to taxpayers showing why the money they want is worth it factually. I am sure the owners have done this, I just think if they want our money they should just come out and say why.
They maybe planning this already, and if so great. I just want people to get away from the love affair Edmonton has for their junk team that cost them money they shouldn't have spent. I'd like to think Calgary won't fall for the same emotional trap Katz laid.