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Originally Posted by Cappy
Doesn't that say something about the long-term feasibility of a business/enterprise/league/industry...
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It says something about the NHL, yes. It also says something about how big a city has to be to justify having a building.
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Originally Posted by Cappy
Perhaps the NHL should change it's business model before we gift 1/31 of the owners a free stadium?
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It'd be nice if that happened, clearly player salaries are way too high. However, "gifted" implies the city is paying for all of it. It's unreasonable to expect either side to pay for all of it.
I'm just stating what needs to happen, not justifying any of it. If people don't want the city to contribute any kind of assistance that's fine, they're certainly entitled to that opinion and there's merit to it. But that has to come with the realization that the Flames need public money to build a new arena, and without a new one they will be sold and relocated, eventually. That's just the reality of the situation.