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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The studies don't show that, as it is inherently unshowable. It's purely conjecture. And it is the backbone on which many of the studies draw their conclusion.
As others have said, I am not going to simply go somewhere else on a Wednesday night for pizza. What I am going to do, is spend more on travel.
It is impossible to determine how much of the foregone entertainment money will get spent locally, but the answer is undeniably: less than 100%.
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How is it unshowable? The Flames move to the other side of town. The restaurants around the Saddledome suffer and the ones near the new arena do better.
You are looking at it from the sense the Flames and the Saddledome don't exist. They do. So building a new arena just moves the spending from one spot to another.