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Originally Posted by nik-
There are three Canadian markets that paid for their own arena. So that's only the way it works when government is weak.
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There are only three rinks that were built entirely with private funds I believe.
The Bell Center in Montreal
Scotia Bank Place in Ottawa
GM Place in Vancouver
I believe that all of those buildings were eventually sold at a loss, that's why Owners aren't going to take the full private funding route.
If there is going to be a future new home for the Flames and the Stampeders then at some point there is going to have to be a partnership between private and public funding, probably along the lines of Mosaic or the MTS center. I doubt that we'll see a deal like the one in Edmonton.