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Originally Posted by SebC
Supposing the city were to subsidize entertainment for low income Calgarians (which I find pretty questionable in itself), is it going to regulate prices as well to ensure that its contribution isn't just pocketed by the owners?
There's got to be better ways that accessibility can be accomplished (i.e. targeting the funds to low income people) or even better things to do with the money.
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I believe what Bunk is saying here is that hockey games are largely unaffordable for many Calgarians already. For the city to give the Flames organization money for a new arena KNOWING the flames will be raising ticket taxes even further to help fund that arena makes attending flames games even more financially impossible for Calgarians than already exists.
Why should the city give money to Flames ownership when Flames ownership is specifically saying they are going to use that money to help raise average ticket prices?
From the perspective of the city it probably makes more sense to give more money if that means negating a ticket tax.
Honestly, it's just another example of how horribly out of touch this entire project is.