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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
They just had the 100 richest Canadians list, Murray Edwards worth a cool $2.83 billion (no good Daryl Katz somehow worth $3.24 billion). He can of course afford the arena on his own, but rich people didn't get rich by throwing their money away. The problem for the Flames is they aren't in the NFL, who consistently uses it's huge leverage (Los Angeles and now London) to get taxpayer funded arenas and stadiums. The NHL has no such leverage, threatening to move the Flames to Seattle is as empty as it gets.
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I always wonder about comments like this. So because the guy has made a lot of money he should just build an arena and entertainment complex for the city? That doesn't seem quite right.
That said I'm not sure about giving public money either. I don't like pubic money going to private business, so I'm not sure what the answer is really.