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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Giving land is giving money. The people of Calgary own that land, why would they give it away when they could sell it?
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So you lease it to the Flames.
AT&T Park in San Francisco is the model held high in MLB, as the only Park in 50+ years built with zero public funding.
This is what the city did though, from Wikipedia
The land is prime as well.
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When it opened on March 31, 2000, the ballpark was the first Major League ballpark built without public funds since the completion of Dodger Stadium in 1962. However, the Giants did receive a $10 million tax abatement from the city and $80 million for upgrades to the local infrastructure (including a connection to the Muni Metro). The Giants have a 66-year lease on the 12.5-acre (51,000 m2) ballpark site, paying $1.2 million in rent annually to the San Francisco Port Commission.
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