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Originally Posted by DJones
Because it's embarassing that a city of Calgarys caliber doesn't have anywhere for it's amateur athletes to play. Passed up on World cup, no winter classic, the list goes on.
I would love for it to be in the north or east part of town. Would make my trips in a hell of a lot easier than downtown.
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I can kind of agree with this.
I don't mind the city contributing for some culture. The problem is when the Flames want the city to pay for 80%+ of the costs (creosote cleanup, CRL, servicing/admining the ticket tax loan, renovations/repairs for the entire area, infrastructure development like realignment of Bow trail, and the fieldhouse).
If the Flames were putting up 1 billion+ and the City putting up 200M (basically the opposite of the current proposal), I'd be a lot more on board.