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Originally Posted by transplant99
No..the only reason to move the team is if there is no deal to build a new arena...kind of what this whole thing is about.
Any new ownership group isnt gonna give a lick about their standing within the Calgary community, whereas the current one may hold that above all else.
As for your last paragraph, are you suggesting Nenshi would be more accommodating to a different ownership group? I certainly would hope not but if so, he should resign immediately as that means this whole thing has become nothing but personal for him and there is zero room for that stuff in his position.
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Ok, so the Flames move to Houston. The Saddledome is empty for five minutes before the Arizona group goes 'we'd like to trade haemorrhaging money in a new building in the league's worst market for not haemorrhaging money in one of the top 10 markets and an old building with a ####ty service elevator'.
And Re: Nenshi. The Flames could have an arena tomorrow if they wanted. They cannot and will not have the entire thing paid for by the city + infrastructure + no property taxes + no lease + future holographic scoreboards etc. Nenshi is not negotiating the deal. He is one vote of a council that voted unanimously against CSEC's proposals.