[oldschoolcalgary]

while i am not necessarily opposed to the use of public monies, the scale of the CalgaryNext project was mammoth...

i am not sure if calgarians really wanted to be involved in a project of that scale...

one of the things I always find funny is when these projects are given over to the City to run, like that is somehow a 'gift'...

Lets be honest; if these publicly supported projects were going to make money hand over fist, they'd never be magnanimous enough to hand it over to the City to run...

I do not want to have the risk of a taxpayer backed project to turn into a white elephant even for the Flames... Unless those public monies = a minority stake in the team...

that way, you aren't left with an empty stadium like STL or Oakland, while the team you supported decides that they aren't getting enough tax breaks and decide to relocate before you've even paid off the capital costs for the new arena (cough* Glendale* cough)

EDIT: i think some fans would be okay with some public money, as it isn't a zero sum game, but any thing more that 33% (for an ice rink) for me is too much without getting something back (either minor stake or a veto on the team moving unless they pay back all the public money that went into the new stadium)

so the poll could be a bit more nuanced