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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
A new arena is required every what, 30 to 40 years?
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Says who? Why not 50?
Why haven't the Flames been planning for this for the last...20+years?
I know it'll never happen, because it's already complicated, and all of the parties currently involved will be dead or wearing depends by the time it matters, but I'd love it if whatever deal we end up with also addresses the next deal (40-50 years from now)...a ticket tax for this building, and a ticket tax for the next one (as users should have already been paying now).
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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
I bet you NHL hockey is more important to Canadians than the Winter Olympics. By a long shot too.
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I think you'd be surprised at how many Canadians care very little to none about either.
Those people derive pretty much zero benefit from NHL hockey. Folks in and around Vancouver may get some benefit from the Canada Line, etc. I bet the average Calgarian derives a little more benefit from the legacies of '88 than the Flames (though I'll acknowledge it's up for debate, and even more debatable whether gov't ROI could have been even more effective without either catalyst)