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Originally Posted by The Voice of Reason
Maybe I'm misinterpreting your comment, but are you implying that we should use public tax money to finance any new arena in order to lower costs for season ticket holders?
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Oh goodness no. I'm saying the cost for tickets should not go up exponentially when it's public money involved, because the general public as a whole does not benefit from that. But as we see in Edmonton, it looks like 20% will be the baseline for an increase. That undoubtedly will drive some "average fans" to not be able to afford tickets anymore. But while the wealthy fan won't like it, they can afford it so they'll live with it. If the Flames wanna build it all by themselves and jack prices up 40%, go for it. But if public money gets involved, it shouldn't hurt the majority of the public. And big ticket increases do that. But that's why the Flames want a new arena, to make more money. So it's one of the big issues with public money for me, nevermind that the economic benefits have been proven false. The average fan loses with ticket price increases, and that's a problem to me.