[Senator Clay Davis]

But I think what you'll find is people like me and Flash who are against this are partially against it because we know there are big ticket increases coming. For taxpayers to contribute to this, one of the big criteria for me is the benefit to the average fan. And the average fan almost always loses by having less access through higher ticket prices. The average fan becomes more of the TV fan, while the wealthy fan is just fine. So it's a handout to benefit wealthy owners, while cutting out average fan, so that the wealthy fan can wait 10 fewer minutes in line for $11 beers and the bathrooms. If the Flames wanna finance that 100% by themselves, awesome. But public money should not result in a facility that fewer people can afford, and that's always what happens with these situations.