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Originally Posted by Benched
was working earlier, seems to be down now.
basically they refute the cities 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 and say they are paying for 100% of it
they say their proposal is a 50/50 split. The CRL will cover the cities portion.
they spend 1/3 of the page describing how they generate 485mill/yr for the city (indirectly through businesses like restaurants and cabs) and how they (indirectly again) employ 5,500 people. I basically closed the browser after that, as those 'indirect businesses' = our contribution to the city argument is so wrong to me, my rage was rising too high.
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Some fine mental gymnastics from King (Edwards) to make it seem like the city somehow owes them a sweetheart deal. Is this the Flames' response to the city implying that infrastructure costs (lrt, 17th ave) are related to the arena? Basically coming back with "well we boost business in that whole area, and generate money for transit and cabs, so that should just cancel out."
At this point I'm prepared to sacrifice an Olympic bid just to see the Flames come crawling back to negotiations because the city decided it was't going to get bullied into a deal that's not good for it right now.