The problem is the way the NHL and almost all pro sports are set up. If the leagues set up funds to pay for their facilities, there wouldn't be a problem but in most cases, this would require the players to take a smaller cut so the owners could fund their arenas. This isn't happening and the leagues have no impetus to make it happen as long as they can get governments to foot the bill. The outcome is that today the Flames need govt. money for a new arena and possible stadium.
McMahon will probably be the worst stadium in Canada in a couple of years and the Dome is in much the same situation in the NHL.
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