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Originally Posted by New Era
This line of thinking does not apply to the Flames IMO. The Flames ownership group have run this team like a community owned enterprise since they bought the team from Nelson Scalbania. The owners have always operated the team as a non-profit, donating millions to the local community. To me, the community gains as much benefit from the Flames being in Calgary as the ownership group. For that reason I see the community kicking in and having partial ownership of the new facility. The renderings may not be to people's likings, but we are at the enception stage at this point. I'm sure if people want sexier cgi renderings that will make your mouth water, those could be generated. Personally, I don't need the shiny disco ball to envision the end result. I think this is good for the Flames and is very good for the community. The only way the Flames make big dollars off of this is if the real estate ventures they develop around the new buildings. The buildings themselves are break-even propositions and there for the public's use.
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So you have anything I can look at in regards to the Flames running a non profit business? I'm not saying you are wrong but I am doubting it. TELUS puts quite a bit of money into the community as well, should we be footing half the bill for any new data centers or towers they might need?