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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
It's interesting to read New Era's opinions in here, but then read his (her?) opinions in the US Orange POTUS thread in Offtopic. For such a ridiculously onesided liberal over in that political thread, who could not be anymore steadfast to refute, debate, and hold views that appear almost disdainful to any conservative or republican lean- to then come over here and advocate for billionaires to get richer off the backs of the citizenry in a city he/she doesn't even live in, in this thread, is so bizarre to me.
Also Colley-Urquhardt (sp?) calling anyone else a blowhard is hilarious.
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I don't want to speak for New Era and his motivations here, but I imagine it has much to do with the emotional attachment to the team and the fact that its of great importance to him.
This is what I see from people who are huge proponents of the arena that I know personally. They use the same arguments the Flames use, its good for business, revenue etc. but its entirely based on the fact that they are just massive fans of the flames and have an emotional attachment.
Which is fair. I have always argued that a public benefit to the city is the emotional attachment and city pride of a sports team. They can come to define certain cities (usually the dull ones, but I digress).
The question is how much is that civic/emotional benefit worth to a city? 40 million? 100? 500?