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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I like what Jay Random had to say in this thread.
Subsidizing arenas for billionaire owners is bad. There's no economic benefit for the taxpayer, and all we get in return is higher ticket prices and less bang for our entertainment budget buck. Billionaires should be able to fund their own rinks.
However, almost all other billionaire owners have, in one way or the other, received money from the public coffer for their arena or stadium. It's impossible for the Flames to pay their staff (salary floor) if they are completely 100% privately funded when their competitor franchises are publicly subsidized.
It sucks, but if you like NHL hockey, public money is going to the rink in some form or another because all other NHL/NFL/MLB/MLS cities have ruined it for the rest of us. Calgary can't be the only city out of dozens that doesn't help their pro sports club with a new rink.
Thank said, King is being a dink about this whole thing and bring in the Bettman to try influence the election was tasteless.
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If anything is clear, Ken King is a puppet in this entire fiasco. I dislike the guy as he comes across as a cigar smoking yes-man that thinks he's better than everyone else. The owners are the ones to blame in this fiasco as they could be taking a high road by being open and at least acting like they are genuinely appreciative that the public MIGHT help them out.