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bizaro86 · 08-18-2015, 04:59 PM

I'm looking at this as basically a chance for the city/CSE to get a CFL stadium out of this. The Flames $200MM contribution plus the $250 MM ticket tax would be enough to pay for a new rink for the Flames. They wouldn't need a CRL, and could put it somewhere else to avoid the contamination. By combining the stadium and arena, you made the stadium cheaper. By combining the fieldhouse/stadium, you justify public $ in it, and add the cities $ and the CRL.

I look at this as the ownership/ticket holders paying for the arena, and the CRL/city paying for a fieldhouse/CFL stadium, which is cheaper because of economies of scale. Realistically, the owners will never build a new CFL stadium, so this is the only way we get one.

08-18-2015, 04:59 PM	#1539
bizaro86 Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2008 Exp:	I'm looking at this as basically a chance for the city/CSE to get a CFL stadium out of this. The Flames $200MM contribution plus the $250 MM ticket tax would be enough to pay for a new rink for the Flames. They wouldn't need a CRL, and could put it somewhere else to avoid the contamination. By combining the stadium and arena, you made the stadium cheaper. By combining the fieldhouse/stadium, you justify public $ in it, and add the cities $ and the CRL. I look at this as the ownership/ticket holders paying for the arena, and the CRL/city paying for a fieldhouse/CFL stadium, which is cheaper because of economies of scale. Realistically, the owners will never build a new CFL stadium, so this is the only way we get one.