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Originally Posted by transplant99
Wait...what?
You think the Flames are still going to pony up 450 Million?
I seriously doubt that's the case.
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I think they will, and I'm not suggesting the city will not put anything in. The city's contribution will be free land and infrastructure upgrades that will amount to somewhere between $100-150 million. I know they want the Edmonton deal, but that isn't happening. Unfortunately Edmonton is no good as we know, and as we're seeing in reports from reporters and fans, the Rogers Place experience is at the absolute best marginally better than the Rexall experience, while being 30-50% more expensive and squeezing out the average fan. As people here see that, it's not going to make throwing several hundred million into an arena more palatable. Infrastructure and land is more than fair.