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Originally Posted by Bunk
That's my point. Loading too much on a ticket tax will put games and events out of reach for more Calgarians. No magic threshold, but should be mindful of this consideration.
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I would still rather the burden be on the Flames and their fans via a ticket tax, than on the general public via some other funding model/land swap. I think there's a difference in the City making sports accessible for everyone, than making
professional sports accessible. I'd much rather money go towards to building more community rinks (and bike paths, swimming pools etc), than a Flames rink.
I've also said it before, but I think if professional sports can't make the numbers work without getting massive amounts of funding from public sectors, they really need to look at their business model. Maybe the salary cap really needs to be $30 million, not $70M, so they can use $40 million every year to pay for a stadium every 3 decades.