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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Injuries to particular hockey players are not going to cause the Flames to leave town. Show me a case where that has ever happened in the history of professional sports.
As for oil continuing to stay low: Oil is a cyclical commodity. The price is never permanently high or permanently low. But for some reason, when the price is high, people foolishly assume it will go up forever, and when it is low, people foolishly assume it will never go up again. Both of those assumptions are plainly false and need not be taken into account.
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I'm just saying that the City should not be the one to shoulder the risk. The city is shouldering risk via the CRL, and it makes sense since their job to plan/develop land, not sell tickets.
I also don't agree that the only risk is the Flames moving out of town. I think if the facilities only had 60% attendance due to whatever reason (too expensive, flames sucking, no corporate sponsors etc.), then the facility would lose money.
Obviously, if CS&E comes out and says that they're taking out commercial loans to do it, then there's no issue. I'm not holding my breath for that.