Assuming $555M came from a $500M arena + $30M land + $25M Saddledome Demo, I feel like a fair middle ground is:
$166M CRL fronted by City
$166M ticket tax fronted by City
$166M cash from Flames
$30M City land donation
$25M City paid Saddledome demolition
$XXX City paid infrastructure
Flames pay either property tax or rent
Basically the Flames contribute 2/3 of the value of the building (under my arguement that a ticket tax is a Flames contribution) while the City contributes 2/3 of the upfront building cost, the land, the Dome demo and the infrastructure. Then the Flames just pay rent or property taxes like everyone else.
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