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Originally Posted by TGH44
This is an emotional issue for everyone. I am a long time STH and believe the Flames need a new arena, however, I also don’t think the City should just hand over the money for it. Unfortunately, the parties, much like a lot on this Board, have made the issue personal. In my career in the energy industry, I am responsible for negotiating transactions much larger than this arena and the first rule is to never make it personal (it’s just business). Making it personal clouds your judgement and hardens biased positions. It’s also critical to agree upon some overriding principles. If the parties can’t agree that there are both direct and indirect benefits for the Flames to be in Calgary then no matter what either side proposes it would be unlikely that they could craft a deal that works for both. If you take a hard line you better be prepared to follow through. Doubting that the Flames owners, at some point in time, would move the team if the economics warranted will ultimately result in the team leaving at some future date. Such an outcome would be a complete failure on all sides. If I behaved like both sides and lost a deal, I would be fired on the spot.
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You may or may not be fired if a deal falls apart, I would assume a lot of factors would be considered. I'm certain you would be fired if you caved on every point and just handed over a few hundred million to the other party with no chance of ever getting value back.