[bluejays]

I'm from Toronto, so aside from the team, I have no vested interest in the city of Calgary, however, when you really dig deep the Flames have a pretty damn good local fan base where games are almost sold out, so why does ownership and the NHL demand a new arena? Granted the Saddledome is dated, but gate revenues would be good given the fan base, so why now spend all that taxpayer money in something that IMO, isn't really needed? I personally see the arena as a nice-to-have-new-toy, and for ownership to be playing such petty games in the new toy market just because Edmonton got something new, it really slaps the Calgary population in the face. It is fair that the city does subsidize it, but it really shouldn't be much. It really is such a dangerous game the front office cronies are playing. I don't know all of Nenshi's policies, but I would tend to side with him more in all this when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars during such a fragile time.