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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
In his latest comments about the Seattle arena plan would it have killed Mayor McCheese to at least publicly acknowledge the importance of the Flames to this City?
Yup am grasping for any straw now.
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What the Flames "mean" to Calgary is immaterial to the negotiation. If Gary and co had cared about what hockey "means" to people, they wouldn't have shut down the league three times in 25 years. But they did, because they needed to look out for their bottom line.
Nenshi's job is to responsibly administer the city's funds. You can argue he's good or bad at that, but he can't suck at it while not caving for a bad deal to keep a luxury entertainment product in town.
It really does seem, based on available information, that the city and the team are quibbling over the remaining third of financing for a project in Victoria Park.
Split the difference and put some shovels in the ground.