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Old 03-16-2017, 11:15 AM   #254
CorbeauNoir
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Originally Posted by polak View Post
Or the owners see the writing on the wall that this province will be on life support in a few decades and since they already have so much of their worth tied to Alberta Oil, they don't want to invest more billions in real estate here.

I don't blame them.
If Buffalo still has the economic clout to maintain TWO major league franchises Calgary would have to reach Mad Max levels of economic deterioration to make it permanently untenable.

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Originally Posted by Lord Carnage View Post
I have no doubt that another team would want to move here... but - and I'm just speculating here - what do you think #1 would be on the list of wants if a team did want to move here???

A NEW ARENA.

Do people really thing that there is a team that would want to move here, or equally importantly, be allowed to move here, when the only arena choice is a 30+ year old option?

It's a bit of a cycle there...
So an owner will understand that the hypothetically-now-untapped market is worth the investment of putting up the bulk of the cash needed for said new arena/affiliated entertainment facilities. Exactly like in Winnipeg.
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