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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
I disagree with this. I probably spend about $15-20K on season tickets, and associated beer, food, cabs and other associated incidentals for games.
That money would simply not be spent here without the Flames. I would use it for bigger trips to events elsewhere.
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Maybe you would. But an anecdotal opinion shouldn't be considered when establishing public policy.
How would you spend those 41 evenings traveling elsewhere? You have to work, come home, and then do something with that time. If you spend 20K over 41 games, you're dropping 488 bucks a night. For $488 you can't exactly fly to Vegas for the night and drop some coin at their local economy.
Besides, the season tickets is what the Flames benefit from, which is only the small economic benefit of a few jobs and spenders in the hockey ops (ie, managers, players, coaches). People are claiming that its the pubs and venues before and after hockey that yield a net benefit. This "benefit" is the [$488 minus Ticket prices] you spend at the local economy, which based on ticket prices, is only $200 or so per night. I'm sorry, but for those who got $200 to spend 40 times a year on night outings are going to do it regardless. That's dinner and drinks and a movie and popcorn.
Maybe the $250 for game tickets would be saved up and spent elsewhere, but I have a hard time believing that someone with 20 extra thousand kicking around for silly sports event isn't ALSO spending money traveling on nice vacations.