It amazes me that after years feet dragging and empty promises of an imminent arena proposal, they finally come out with an ultra expensive idea, illustrated by a 10 year old, in the middle of a brutal economic downturn, in an area that makes no sense to the proper development of the city, and then get all upset that taxpayers didn't jump for joy. And now it's like this? F-U Calgary?
What exactly do the Flames think that Calgarians owe them? Are we not the ones buying the tickets and the merchandise that make them a viable business? We give to them, and they give back to us, in many ways that we truly appreciate, or else support would have dried up long ago. It's pretty symbiotic. And that's exactly what Calgarians are digging in their heels to hammer out in an arena deal. But now the Flames are taking their ball and Bettman is alluding to them going elsewhere?
This is like a long, successful marriage that falls to pieces because one party stops participating. Newsflash, Flames... The current building is still full, and people are still buying your gear, even though you're mediocre at best, and you completely crapped the bed on the arena you started talking about well over a decade ago. It's not Calgarians that turned their back, but go ahead and blame it on us. It's all our fault you sat on your hands for 10 fricken years and then proposed the most expensive arena ever, to a city that was (and still is) getting slaughtered by a bad economy. Yep, it's the fans' fault. Calgary's fault. Nenshi's fault. Ok then.
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