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Originally Posted by Barnet Flame
It looks sounds and smells like the Flames(owners) are the villains here.
Years of delays and promises of imminent arena announcements.
An artists rendering that looks like it was designed my a mildly talented 12 yr old on Minecraft.
Positioned on contaminated land.
On a flood plain.
Around a year after the Saddledome was flooded.
Demanding truckloads of taxpayer money with no obligations.
At the height of a massive economic downturn.
The more I think of this situation, the more I think they want this club in Houston.
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I agree it took a long time but don't know what "imminent" announcements you are talking about.
It's not on a flood plain - that should be evident from the actual flood. And when that was rejected they said OK and put forth a Vic Park proposal, which is the only proposal now on the table, like the City always wanted.
And the fact it was on poisoned land was a feature, not a bug - it's land that needs to be cleaned up and this was supposedly an opportunity to do so.
They aren't "demanding" anything. They made a proposal, it wasn't accepted. And I don't think "without obligations" is entirely fair.
I'm not sure what the economy has to do with the model, as this is a multi-year project to last probably 20 years. It's got to be proposed some time. If they believe there should be a public component, should they change that position because of a short term downturn?
I hold no belief that the Flames have handled this well, or that their proposal was fair. But some things you said just aren't true.