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Old 09-22-2017, 11:42 AM   #2232
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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy View Post
Just read the Eric Francis piece, and it's horrible. Wow. Not surprised, but still.

Travis Yost on Twitter: "Holy Moly"
https://twitter.com/travisyost/statu...87722034454528
Francis cites the 100% taxpayer funded Videotron Centre (Which does not host an NHL team) as a reason for the Flames to build a facility.

An arena is not an 'infrastructure improvement'. The C-train is not going to run through the attacking zone.

Quebec City, Winnipeg and Minneapolis lost their teams because their capacities were all under 16,000 and unfit for the demands of modern NHL hockey. The Flames made $18M in Forbes' most recent evaluation. Tough to argue you can't make it work when you're coming out $18M ahead. Oh, but you'd like to be $40M ahead? #### you.
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