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Originally Posted by Parallex
Don't forget the laundry list of other goodies the flames wanted on their 100% revenue rights free rent arena...
1: A slice of the Stampedes Parking and Casino Revenue
2: Veto over district development
3: Municiple Property Tax exemption on anything they own in the district
4: Reimbursement on Provincial Property tax
5: Free Public Transit on game nights
6: City covering security costs
7: City covering flood insurance
8: City paid demolition of the Saddledome AKA a monopoly on large event hosting
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works well for esks games. free transit two hours before game time until two hours after the game is over. just show your ticket.
for the flames, the city shouldn't be forced to cover all of that, but it's a great idea to get some of the drunks off the road and lessen traffic in the area.