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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
...So, let's dispense with this ludicrous idea that the city of Calgary needs to pay a ####load of money so that the Flames can be even more profitable than the significant profits they are already making. The Flames WANT a new stadium but they don't NEED one. The current one is perfectly acceptable if you want to make between 15-25 million dollars a year. The flames want to make more than that though, but instead of re-investing their profits in their own business (like countless other businesses), they want the city and the province to make them more profitable.
The CFL team is a losing venture if they don't get that new stadium built, but rather than cut their losses they want to city to prop up their poor investment. Seems like corporate welfare to me....
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Great post. Agree 100%.
Only one thing is missing: the NEED to build a rarely-if-ever-used fieldhouse on what's likely going to be the most expensive piece of real estate in Canada.
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