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Originally Posted by jayswin
The Flames are tugging on the right heart string for sure. It's not a genuine threat by the Flames, but unfortunately they have other genuine threats to point to in order to get some citizens believing it.
It's funny reading so many expressing ambivalence to actual joy at the idea of the Flames leaving Calgary because of the actions of current management. The dissatisfaction of the situation I can understand, leading to emotional statements. But I can almost certainly call BS on these people if the ball ever actually got rolling.
Guaranteed the posters in this thread would do a 180 and would be in agony, upset at losing a Calgary fixture that they grew up watching and cheering for. Right now they're just talking, just making comments that fit their current emotional feelings.
If anything many are making these "good riddance" comments because of the security that deep down they know there's almost no chance of it happening. If there was any substance to relocation you'd see concern instead of anger/joy.
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I think you'd be surprised. I'm one of those life-long fans who grew up cheering for the Flames, but a big part of that was due to how accessible the games were. In the 90s, I could save my allowance, mow some lawns, and I'd have enough to get myself into the Dome. There isn't a chance in hell a kid would be able to do that now. Ticket prices have become prohibitively expensive for all but a small minority of Calgarians, and that's only going to get worse with the construction of a new arena.
I still enjoy watching the Flames, but hockey doesn't hold nearly as much importance to me as it once did, and over time I suspect it's fallen down the priority list for most of us. The NHL isn't what it used to be, and if keeping it in Calgary means having to use public funds to subsidize billionaires so they can build a privately owned arena which only a handful of citizens will be wealthy enough to access, I'll happily say goodbye. Losing the Hitmen would be a bigger deal to me at this point.