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Originally Posted by Manhattanboy
Two rumours, both of which are from friends who I consider credible:
- the City Committee has been meeting with CSEC on the arena and has made some progress on an event centre concept. So the good news is they are talking.
- Murray Edwards wants to increase his ownership stake and may have already struck a deal with one or more of his partners to acquire their interests. Problem is same source indicated he has informed Bettman that he wants to sell, that he doesn’t think there is a deal to be made locally and that he has already spoken to Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Houston Rockets about a possible sale.
Ya inconsistent in certain respects. Anyway, for whatever it’s worth, thought I would pass on.
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Murray Edward's wants to increase his ownership stake and then sell? Yep, this is all believable and makes sense...
Lets just all drop this pretense. The flames aren't moving. There have been lots of reports that the city has been making progress lately, removing any impetus (I have never really thought there was any anyways) for the nhl to keep threatening a move. It's much more likely that the BOG would force Murray to look for a local buyer first. If he is still threatening a move, then hes a bigger baby than previously imagined- the taxpayers of the city shouldn't have to subsidize his foray into the land development world. If theres a fair deal to be had then the city should be flexible, but the flames have not come close to proposing a fair deal yet, publicly at least.