Thread: [CP Story] Calgary Can't Afford an Arena
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Old 09-20-2017, 03:00 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus View Post
If the Flames were at all smart, they would have asked fans to start paying a ticket tax when this whole debacle started years ago that was to be invested into an arena fund. By now the team would have most definitely stashed away a huge lump sum to finance the majority of the project.
Yeah, that's the most annoying part of the "ticket tax" it's backwards financing of a past product instead of forward financing of a future one. The City/Flames should have put one in as of the last lease agreement to pay for this arena.
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