[Senator Clay Davis]

After some more thinking, a few thoughts...

1. I think with Stamps to be playing all indoors, it is going to hurt ticket sales long term. The CFL is a summer/fall sport, and now people are going to have to spend nice summer days indoors if they want to go (likely for higher ticket prices than currently). For as nice as it'll be to avoid -20 in early November, it will also suck to be inside when it's 25 outside. The Als would be dead if not for moving outside, and the Argos should be dead playing in that cavern but the league would never allow it. Moving indoors feels like a mistake for the Stamps.

2. If the city picks up the ticket tax up front, that's amazing by the Flames. Essentially taxpayers loan them the money (interest free of course), for the right to then pay the Flames a fee so that the Flames can pay back....the taxpayers. "Hey, loan me money, then I'll charge you a fee so that I can pay you back!". Brilliant (horrible for taxpayers of course).

3. If the Flames don't get the public money they want, will they sell the Stamps to focus on the arena and let a new stadium for the Stamps become someone else's problem?

4. If people are fine with the ticket tax at $250 million, will they be fine if it becomes $500 million if the Flames can't get the money they want?