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Originally Posted by Schraderbrau
ask yourself these two questions:
Does the city of Calgary benefit by having the Flames?
Would the city of Calgary be worse off without the Calgary Flames?
If you answer yes to either then maybe they should chip in. Now go ahead and yell at me...
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Sorry, but that's such a shallow way of looking at the problem.
1) The Flames financial health does not hinge on public support.
2) Asking for hundreds of millions of dollars is not exactly asking us to "chip in". They are looking for the City to give them prime land for free, remediate that land for free, pay for a large chunk of the project itself, and then leave the city on the hook once they are done with the building. What a generous chip!
3) There is not an endless supply of public money. Supporting the Flames hurts the cause of something else ...something often much more important than hockey.
4) Calgary is better off with the Flames, but it would be better off with a lot of things. An actual Art museum. A Cancer Centre. Shorter hospital waiting times. More hockey rinks. More parks. etc etc.