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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing
Thankfully I am fortunate enough to be in a position that I do the other things too. I wouldn't attend 41 more movies without the Flames, and there wouldn't be concerts to see without a new arena.
I am certainly not saying I would attend 41 events outside of Calgary, I would pool that money and go to another NFL game each year, or add a concert in Vancouver, trip to Hawaii, etc.
I could see how I might add some more nights out in Calgary, but as most of mine now are Flames or concert related, I don't know what events would be added. I'd probably ski more in winter, but that's not money spent in Calgary.
I appreciate this is an artificial anecdotal exercise, but I know myself, how I spend and what I choose to spend on, and I cannot think of a local replacement for my entertainment dollar at this time.
I do feel we will get a new arena, so this is hopefully just a discussion that becomes rendered moot, but those are some of my points towards why I feel there is a local, positive economic impact to having the Flames.
Also, and I'm sure you're getting sick of me saying this, I think this was a necessary position for CSEC to take to get Nenshi to the discussion table.
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So you have a lot of money to spend on entertainment, but you'll spend your entertainment money elsewhere if tax dollars aren't spent to build a place for you to spend your money.
That is no doubt a win-win for you, but not so much everyone else.