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Originally Posted by Red_Baron
Okay, so the owners have said that they will work with what they have, why can't people just accept that?
They did want public money, the city said no, they said they can't proceed without it. I am yet to see any model that proves that the Calgary Flames as a business can afford to build and operate a building on their own. They did come off like a spoiled child the way they broke off the negotiations but they were right, the business can't afford it.
No matter how personally rich the owners are, it is the business of the Calgary Flames that has to be able to afford the arena. Calgary is simply not a big enough market for that to happen with the current economic reality. Hopefully this exponential increase in construction costs levels off and the economy in the city of Calgary improves and an arena can be built then.
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Uh, what? The city's offer very clearly includes public money. Whether or not you feel the Flames ought to be getting any public money at all is one thing but you're making a claim about the city's offer that's objectively untrue.