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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Then why would they do that here?
If that's the position that you would want for example. Then why wouldn't the Flames look at other cities that will provide either provide public money or free land. At that point if they do that they will get concessions from other cities, and its not like they would then go back to the city of Calgary and say this is what we've gotten from other cities.
And I can guarantee you if that happened and the Flames did relocate, this city would never get another sniff at a NHL team unless they build a new building first probably on the public dime.
I wouldn't say that Nenshi is desperate, he's going into another election against a bunch of cardboard cutouts, but he has to be concerned that his approval ratings have dropped significantly and maybe his shelf life is limited.
But tactically I think he opened his mouth without thinking again.
I wouldn't expect much pressure this year, I wouldn't expect that this thing becomes an electoral issue this time.
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I think it's in the flames best interest that they find a municipality willing to give a bunch of billionaires hundreds of millions of dollars as a subsidy to have their personal hockey team play in said municipality
I just hope it's not calgary