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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
I wasn't suggesting they should move it out of town. I was suggesting that the option of having alternatives should be enough to wake city hall up.
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No it wouldn't, City Hall would dare them to build it outside the city. It would be a disaster for the Flames to not have the arena within shouting distance of downtown. They'd be better off staying at the Dome. So if the Flames want to threaten to build it in Balzac, City Hall will have a good laugh and wish them the best of luck. It's pretty much an empty threat "Don't pay for our arena and we'll go to a worse location that will!".
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Well of course they would want to be afforded what at the very least what lesser cities like Edmonton and Winnipeg have afforded their sports teams. Put yourself in the Flames ownership position and ask yourself why would you foot the entire bill when other owners don't have to. These guys didn't get rich because they are stupid although I have to give it to Katz for being an overachiever.
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And as I already mentioned, because Winnipeg and Edmonton are both no good and were idiotic, we should be too? Or maybe we should be like the actually good cities like Montreal and Toronto and Vancouver whose arenas were 100% privately financed.