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Originally Posted by getbak
The City owns the Saddledome. If they build a replacement and shutter the Dome, the Flames, Hitmen, and Roughnecks would have two choices: Move into the new building or leave Calgary (or I suppose they could buy the Saddledome from the city).
Of course, it would never actually get to that point, which is the point.
Like I said, it's flipping the old "if you're not going to make a deal with us, I guess we'll go somewhere else" gambit that pro sports teams have been pulling for decades.
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The City can't shut down the Saddledome without breaching the lease with CSEG, I suspect.