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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
LOL how does the Bow benefit a person like me that is not employed by EnCana nor is my job in any way influenced by EnCana? Because a big building is good for Calgary? Were the other tall skyscrapers getting lonely? EnCana was already here so what exactly is the economic impact of the Bow? Is EnCana not economically self sufficient?
Is a world class sports facility even better for Calgary than a skyscraper seeing people won't have to work for the Flames to actually get to use the facility whereas I get nothing out of the Bow? Honestly your post is hypocritical and I'm not saying that the government shouldn't have chipped in for the Bow because I'm for the government chipping in for an arena and if I was pro-Flames and anti-EnCana I would be a hypocrite as at the end of the day it's still taxpayer money going to corporation. You will always have a loud group that opposes taxpayer money going into anything but that doesn't change the fact that at the end of the day the city benefits. The Saddledome in it's day was a Calgary landmark that the Corral never was. The new facility will be an even bigger/better landmark and the venue possibilities of the stadium/arena project are endless.
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Fine, then change it to a fancy restaurant. You can pay and go in that. Should the government dole out for those now?
The Flames are an economically self sufficient business.
Why an arena and not a restaurant? Or a movie theatre? An amusement park? I don't really get what makes an arena so special it's in its own category compared to other entertainment venues.
I personally don't care because I'll either pay via my tickets or pay via my taxes, but it seems dumb people that don't give two craps about the Flames or rock concerts are going to pay for it, when those both make money just fine on their own without public assistance. There are tons of other sporting and art facilities desperate for public money.