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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Ticket tax is not taxpayer money. It is a surcharge levied solely on people who choose to be paying customers at the arena. Basically, it's a way of separating out part of the price of tickets so it won't be counted as HRR and the players won't glom half of it.
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I say that it's BS. Considering the Flames aren't even fronting the money, they're expecting the City of Calgary to be the bad guy, take the financing, and increase the ticket tax while the Flames get to shield themselves from risk.
If the Flames fronted the money and charged their ticket tax, then I would agree with your assessment.