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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
This should not be a one-sided argument. Cities DO benefit from pro-sports and event entertainment facilities economically and socially. High quality entertainment districts revitalize dormant lands, generate new taxes and bring new developments into the neighbourhood. So, should cities be co-investing in these ventures? Absolutely. The difficult question always is how much.
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This may/may not come as a surprise, but this topic has been discussed a bit in the previous 2600 posts. The only thing we can all agree on is that there is widespread disagreement on the validity of your argument.
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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
The Flames leaving Calgary would be so bad for the league it would impact league wide revenues. I dare say it is now essentially impossible for the Flames to change cities without being sold at a major profit to non-local interests.
The league knows this just as much as the team does.
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Everything else you said about Seattle is spot on. This last part is even more important - the league will posture on behalf of the team all they want, but they would never, ever, ever, EVER let the Flames move ahead of bottom 10 revenue franchises.