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Originally Posted by polak
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.
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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
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...
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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.