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Originally Posted by firebug
I think that is the issue and it is one that the League Owners and NHLPA need to figure out.
If the only way your business model is successful is to rely on holding civic taxpayers hostage for money - it needs to be fixed.
Effectively they are admitting that there are not enough people who care about their sport to pay all their bills - so lets force the people who don't care to pay for it too.
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All true. But every league, and almost every single club in every league have had their arenas and stadiums subsidized by their city or county.
Is Calgary going to be the only municipality that stands up to the 31 NHL owners and says no?
The province of Quebec built an NHL ready arena completely paid for by the taxpayer. The fact that those taxpayers are in Alberta is another story.