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Originally Posted by KingMoo
how much was spent on the ugly bridge that i will never use and don't want to see? How much on that giant eye sore of an 'O' ? I would prefer if not a single one of my dollars went towards those overpriced monstrosities...
Large cities all over north america help their local teams build stadiums. Why would it be any different here?
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Its a matter of Scale.
There are budgets and programs for public art.
Hell...you want to talk about the Bridge and the ring? Fine.
Give the Flames the money then.
The Peace bridge was what? $25M? The Ring? $500k?
Sure. I'm 110% cool with the City handing the Calgary Flames a cheque for $25.5M.
Talking about compromise and negotiation? The Flames 'highballed' the City. This would be a perfectly acceptable counter-offer.
Its effectively close enough to $0 as makes no difference in the grand scheme of the endeavour.