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Originally Posted by TheAlpineOracle
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.
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Even if we assume that's true (and I'm not convinced that it is) if you take the Flames/NHL out of the equation that dramatically changes the needs, requirements, and by extension costs of building a facility.
Without an NHL team the city wouldn't need anything more then the MTS Centre (which, let us not forget, actually does have an NHL team as a tenent).