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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
How so? If the Flames remain in the dome really the only avenue they have at making more money is to raise ticket prices. With a new arena with more suites and lower bowl seats will enable them to make considerably more money here as they aren't making much money on the upper bowl seats at the dome.
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So a new building would mean higher prices and even higher profit margins for the Flames. To me it seems like if they do it right and build something that can last for 30+ years ticket taxes and extra revenue will pay for it.
The salary cap has doubled in the last 10 years, and the NHL can't work out sending some players to the olympics. This is a business and like most successful businesses is focused on maximizing profits, with fans somewhere after. It's going to be going on for the duration of the next building. The way I see it is that in 20 years the NHL is going to be the same money hog and the Flames will be doing perfectly fine. Whether they get public money now or not.