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Old 09-20-2017, 03:16 PM   #36
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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.
Except they can't. The Flames can't institute a "tax." If they upped the cost of tickets to start building a war chest for a future building, that become HRR and they have to give 50% to the players. Doesn't make sense. They are better to go through the process and have the City institute the ticket tax and recover the casts that way.
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