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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Public good.
1) Lots of people derive well being from Calgary flames without going to games. They're free riding. So are bars, restaurants etc.
2) A state of the art arena is good for quality of life - hockey, concerts, special events. It helps to attract and retain talent and young people, which eventually flows into higher salaries and standard of living.
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that's a load of hooey.
no government is going to give the flames/Calgary money for an arena for that claptrap, especially as they didn't give Edmonton any.
and an arena doesn't help attract and retain talent.
the only way upper levels of government give the city and the flames money is to buy votes. simple as that.
Trudeau doesn't need calgary's votes, but the NDP sure do.
but if all you got is your two make up reasons which can easily be argued against, it will never happen.