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Originally Posted by flamesforcup
Ive been a Flames fan my whole life and watch every game but have only been to 2 games in my life because of the cost. And most of the people i know have rarely used to arena or nothing at all. People use stuff like the library or bridge and stuff regularly. The hard core Flames fans who go to games regularly does not make up a huge part of the city population yet everyone has to pay for it. My opinion but outside this board (filled with Flames fans) the majority of Calgarians I've noticed do not support funding for the arena. And with a new arena prices are gonna increase huglely and it will be more tougher to afford games. Im tired of billionares making us pay for their stuff than charging us ridiculous prices to use it.
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All understandable and defendable positions you take. Though I dont agree that you dont just not build something because its to expensive for some to use.
I have no use for and will never set foot in a library downtown, yet they have no problem dropping a massive amount of money on it. I have little to no use for a bridge across the river when one already existed either, but thats what a certain population wanted, so it happened.
Now we have another piece of infrastructure the entire community can use if they choose to, but it will come at a cost.
If that cost is to much then be prepared to lose the Flames for good. Be prepared to continue to see a good chunk of the artists bypass the city. Be prepared to hear from people elsewhere in Canada that our city is second rate at best. All that stuff will eventually happen without a new arena at some point. And that's fine as long as that's what people are prepared to accept.