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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I made that point. The Flames make people feel good. 
That said I believe there's economic value that those articles never talk about. Things like people driving in from other cities to attend and staying at hotels. A new arena will get the next all-star game. Edmonton and Calgary with brand new arenas could host a World Cup. Having McDavid helps in this case. The arena can host a basketball qualifier (now that they are split up like soccer). It can host Davis Cup. It can have a real circus show instead of one in a dinky tent. It can get more concerts as people have said. And charge more for all of them!
The arena holds 20,000. The goal is to get different segments of 20,000 people there for different reasons and have their money trickle down.
Matty81 might find more reasons to come in from Kelowna. |
Economic value equivalent to picking up 1/3 of the cost? That seems pretty reasonable.