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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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In this argument you'd have to compare other billionaires in other sectors. Is the (i don't know) housing billionaire asking for government funded condos and tax breaks? Is the theatre asking for a new one funded by the government?
Is the sports/entertainment billionaire unreasonably trying to rape the city more than billionaires in other industries?
What are the comparables other than Amazon maybe coming here.