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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I've disagreed with him on some things lately, but I'm sure as hell behind him on this. No corporate welfare for sports stadiums. It is never, ever a good investment for the city.
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I caught Duha on Fan960, and have to say it was a rare time he left me mystified. The guy is as logical a person as you can get, but sometimes (last being went Sutter final days as GM) he goes off his proven and consistent even keel path.
Basically said that despite the multiple studies out there that show stadiums to be a imprudent use of city dollars you couldn't argue with the results of an area like LA Live. He continued that they took a rubble area of the city and made it amazing. So he continued with why Calgary should really be embracing this thing. Went full science vs. anicdote.
I was thinking, who still says LA Live is of net benefit to LA? Been to Compton or Inglewood. Have you asked the kids if LA Live is of benefit to them seeing as they probably are too poor to ever afford a ticket? Or could the funds have gone to small recreation centres to get the kids off the street?
Anyways, my point is we want a tough dog mayor right now. He's not just keeping the owners honest, but our illogical fan boy selves. I want a stadium too, but I want hard answers. The mayor is drawing a line and saying come see me when you have real answers, you fluff so far isn't worth the cities time. I get that because it is how the real world works.
The part I can live without is the non-meeting Bettman, and he Twitter drama. He has to get past his nerd rage, and put a fake smile on and tell Bettman to his face. I would respect that more. Buck up and tell Bettman people don't work off of napkin proposals and he is welcome back with ownership when they show they are taking the process seriously.