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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The problem is the level of misinformation leading to knee jerk reaction around the project. As GGG said the only real way to have a proper conversation is to look at them as separate entities.
Flames arena - 450 million (paid by the Flames)
City Fieldhouse and event center - 440 million (paid by the city)
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Stamps get to use Fieldhouse
City gets to use arena
The new library is $250 million. So is a new Fieldhouse and event center worth a $190 million more than a Library? If people are concerned about public funds, that should be the convo. Not about some apparently greedy billionaires trying to screw us over by building our buildings.
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This is the correct way to view it in my opinion and the right stance from which to assess issue. Effectively, a $240M CRL is being used to fund the difference between a basic fieldhouse and one capable of hosting the Stamps. Whether that is a good use of taxpayer dollars or not is the true debate. I'm not 100% sure where I stand on that though...my gut is telling me I'm against it.
It just goes to show how badly King messed up the messaging.