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Originally Posted by CroFlames
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.
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I think what we are all missing here is the pressure from the league. If the Flames go ahead and pay 100% of the cost, every other municipality in the league is going to point to Calgary and say "if they can do it, so can you" when a team needs a new arena.