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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
How are we defining public funds? Even good old me, one of the staunchest opponents, supports the city providing funds to improve infrastructure surrounding the prospective building. I just don't think any money should go to the building itself.
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That's my problem with the question.
If an arena is going to be built in Victoria Park, it will be necessary to make it work with the Green Line plans – either by building it on the line and putting in a station, or by making sure that it's off the line and the two projects don't interfere with one another. That alone is going to require some flexibility and cooperation.
Based on the signals Nenshi has been sending, I suspect he would really rather just ram the Green Line through in such a way that there is no feasible location left for an arena site, and campaign for re-election on the slogan, ‘Neener neener neener, stupid billionaires!’ I'm hoping that someone at City Hall has enough nous to avoid that, but I'm not counting on it.