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Originally Posted by Benched
Something inherently wrong with this statement.
I guess I'm in the 'they're not a public service' camp. Which maybe is the disconnect going on between the 2 camps. CFL is not a service or something inherently beneficial to our society. I love it...doesn't mean that it falls in that camp. Hence, why are we 'ponying up' to 'save it'.
If it's a business, which I think it is...then it needs to be run like a business. Stand on it's own merits, or fold.
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Where you draw that line is pretty arbitrary, is a museum or an art gallery or the music centre a business? Should they raise admission prices to cover their costs or fold, instead of being subsidized by tax payers? In any event, I can tell you that every other city in the CFL appears to have determined it is beneficial to our society because they all have publicly funded stadiums. The CalgaryNext proposal offers even further benefit that it will be a fieldhouse for recreational and amateur athletes across the city.