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Originally Posted by Bingo
I honestly think the discussion about the Flames funding model itself is a little premature until the city decides they want to do the thing and counters with a model of their own. Now that Nenshi is all pumped up about the olympics I think we may see something in that bane soon, and then the real discussion will start.
Right now it's just Gaudreau's agent saying 8.5 per year with nothing from the other side.
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This line of thinking assumes that this is a negotiation. The Flames are the ones who need a new hockey rink or football stadium, not the City. The City already had plans for a fieldhouse and rejuvenation of the West Village, and could do it without any Flames involvement whatsoever.
The Olympics do present an interesting wrinkle, but at the end of the day in regards to a new rink/stadium, the Flames need the City much more than the other way around. The onus is on the Flames to woo them.