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Originally Posted by Cappy
Keep naming examples of bands, all you want. It doesn't justify the city spending hundreds of millions of tax dollars on the venue.
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The fact of the matter is, the City of Calgary needs an Arena whether they have an NHL team or not. The Flames could leave town, the NHL could dissolve, and that wouldn't change the fact that Calgary needs a new arena. One of these times here something is going to happen at that rink that can't be fixed by some patch job. What are we going to do than? There's 1.3M in this City, a venue is needed. I'm not saying the City/Province should pick up the tab, but they are damn lucky to have a tenant like the Flames and ability to share costs when a new venue is constructed.
I tell you one thing, the fact that 11 cm of snow over a few days span made the Saddledome Roof unacceptable for a pretty light stage setup, kind of freaks me out. How much longer does this building have left if that's the case?