To add to my previous post, I view City's position as a bluff. I might have said it before. Flames' alternative to a deal is to move to another city and make $600M selling the franchise to someone else. Actually, they might be better off financially, if there is no deal with the City of Calgary. City's alternative to a deal is having an old arena that needs to stay in-place for a few events per year without an anchor tenant paying the bills. They can't simply replace this tenant by posting a "for lease" sign. The other alternative is having no arena at all, if they decide to demolish it without replacement (not a realistic option, of course).
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