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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think primarily because it's not accessible to all, so its value needs to be measured on a more economic basis (since the community benefit is considerably less).
For people who can't afford to go to Flames games, why would they want even a dime spent on a new arena?
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For sure, there's probably a sizable amount of people in this city that would never use the new arena period and I can't blame them for not wanting tax dollars to flow there.
At the end of the day this project will have to stand mostly on the basis of ROI to the city, even though there is a community benefit that is more nebulous to define. We just don't know what that ROI will be barring details of the deal, and some studies in Baltimore or a John Oliver segment on Brazilian soccer stadiums isn't 100% applicable to our unique circumstances here.
The potential of this having a high ROI for a city project, plus the community benefit of the team, plus uncertainty of how any deal would be structured leaves me open to the idea of using public funds, it's surprising to me that 40% of people feel otherwise.