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FLAMESRULE · 08-18-2015, 04:02 PM

Jesus H...I dont get the negativity for this right now.

1) We all think this is a world class city. This helps to make it a reality. Cutlure, sports, tourism, will all benefit.
2) We all hate city / prov / fed tax money going to it. This does that. The city owns the building and land, and the users (ticket holders, developers, etc) pay for it. The CRL is generating tax revenue from a location that was providing next to no tax revenue
3) We all hate McMahon + the Dome compared to other arenas. We get a world class facility for toddlers to Olympians / professionals
4) We all hate polluted sites, especially in the middle of our city...we have one of the largest in Canada (apparently). This helps to take care of that.

I was thoroughly impressed with the vision. Of course the devil is in the details. But this is a humongous opportunity.

08-18-2015, 04:02 PM	#1291
FLAMESRULE First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The centre of everything Exp:	Jesus H...I dont get the negativity for this right now. 1) We all think this is a world class city. This helps to make it a reality. Cutlure, sports, tourism, will all benefit. 2) We all hate city / prov / fed tax money going to it. This does that. The city owns the building and land, and the users (ticket holders, developers, etc) pay for it. The CRL is generating tax revenue from a location that was providing next to no tax revenue 3) We all hate McMahon + the Dome compared to other arenas. We get a world class facility for toddlers to Olympians / professionals 4) We all hate polluted sites, especially in the middle of our city...we have one of the largest in Canada (apparently). This helps to take care of that. I was thoroughly impressed with the vision. Of course the devil is in the details. But this is a humongous opportunity.