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I’d bet large sums of money that they’ve already looked at a couple of those,
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I would bet larger sums of money that they haven't.
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but that they just haven’t advertised that fact.
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Riiiiiiight... because "make a show of going to other markets" isn't on page 124 of the "How to suck venue money out of your local municipality" Handbook.
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I get the feeling that at some point if they feel they have better deals to be made elsewhere they’ll simply move.
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The current owners of the Calgary Flames are not moving the team... they may at some point sell the team to someone who may want to relocate them (if they can get Bettman and the BoG behind that... good luck with that with all those struggling US teams) but they themselves are not going to move the team.
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Being a Flames fan since I was a kid when they first moved here, I’d hate to see them go - but on the other hand I don’t want the city to give a deal that’s unfair to us taxpayers either. Hopefully a solution is found that works for all
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Sure... problem is that would involve Ken King and Murray Edwards realizing that they're negotiating an arena deal with the City of Calgary not having a dick measuring contest with Darryl Katz (where the more team friendly arena deal is the winner). The Calgary Flames are not going to get the Edmonton deal... the sooner they accept that the sooner a deal can get done.