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Originally Posted by jammies
I'd be sad if the Flames left, but not as sad as I'd be if the City wasted half a billion dollars on an arena. Especially as the era of public subsidy of professional sports is, imo, coming to an inglorious and definite end.
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I have to agree with this as well.
I want the Flames to stay, why wouldnt I? I'm a huge fan. But the economic realities of publicly funded buildings seem pretty clear.
There is going to be a massive overhaul to the landscape of Television Rights and user fees and the upheaval of that overhaul is likely going to impact sports severely.
In the meantime we as taxpayers dont want to be on the hook for a half-billion dollar arena during tumultuous times of economic uncertainty of our own.