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Saturday was the first game I was able to make it to this year, and I have to say the Dome was like a ghost town. I'm not talking about how loud the crowd was during the game. I mean, the concessions, the restaurant's, the concourse was dead.

The press level was half full at best. The Saddleroom restaurant, which is usually very busy 20 minutes before puck drop, had empty tables, seats at the bar, and no one waiting at the bar. No line up ever, during the entire game including intermission at the press level concession. In years past, the lineup there will be half way down the stairs during intermission on a Saturday night.

Considering the state of the economy in Calgary, and the poor performance and low expectations of the team. How big of a window does this team have before it really starts to feel it in the pocketbook? When will that affect how much the team can spend on players?

During the Save Our Flames campaign we were lead to believe that the Flames could not afford to keep or acquire talented players. The Flames couldn't even afford to have a farm team. With the US exchange rate, poor economy in Alberta, and poor performance on the ice. Will we see the Flames get to the point we saw the team in the late 90's?