The city had already budgeted $200M for a fieldhouse. That money will now go towards this and they'll get the same thing but better. I don't see the problem. Unless people didn't want money going to a fieldhouse in the first place.
I am surprised that the Flames didn't throw in a token share of the $330M cost savings due to the shared design. Like, say even just make it $190M so you can tell tax payers this helped save them money vs a previous budget.
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