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Originally Posted by nik-
There are definitely benefits, it's cool to have a new arena, there's just no proof of economic benefits. I don't know what the solution is, I'm just not interested in being extorted by billionaires, which is often how this plays out.
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I can understand your suspicion towards extortion by billionaires. However in Calgary our owners have a long track record of community support in every way imaginable.
I'll go overboard with my next comment to stretch a point:
I might rather have this ownership group extort $100 million from the City of Calgary's spending budget and let the owners continue to build more cancer centres or university buildings then let City Council spend the $100M on whatever they seem to come up with at city hall.