People need to take a step back here. The FIRST question that needs to be asked is whether or not people want professional sport franchises in Calgary. If the answer to this question is yes, then there HAS to be some level of public funding....period. There is no precedent anywhere in North America that I am aware of where new facilities have been built without some level of public involvement. Anyone who wants professional sports in their city and not pay for them is living in a fantasy world.
So if you want a local team to cheer for, the debate is how much public dollars, not whether there should be any.
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