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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
yes but do the cities of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa own the arenas? (honest question I don't know)
I am not looking at it as me the tax payer building the flames ownership a complex, I look at it as the flames ownership contributing money to assist in building a public facility, sure they will receive revenue but is that really a big deal to people? Flames have to make money or what's the point.
The fact there is private funding to a city (publicly) owned facility and not the other way around makes this a no-brainer in my opinion.
If it was the other way around I could see the argument
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Yes. The owners of those clubs shelled out the dough, and built the arenas using their own money. They own the arenas.
EDIT: The club owns the arena, the city does not. Just to be clear.