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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
As far as I know this hasn't been determined yet.
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Well to be perfectly clear, it is not costless for the city to issue a 250 million dollar 20 year bond. That impacts the rate at which the city can borrow for future bonds and judging by the long list of capital projects coming up in the next 10 years that may need to be debt financed, that added borrowing costs is not trivial.
But let's be honest, if the flames were financing the 250 million privately then they would just roll that into their private contribution. The fact that it's separate is a sure sign they want public subsidies to pay for it. Therefore it is NOT to be considered as anything other than more public money and increased public contribution share to the project.