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Originally Posted by pepper24
We don't want to gift the Flames a new arena but along with the on-ice product they do a lot around the community and drive morale throughout Southern Alberta. We don't want to lose that if they were to relocate.
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The return they're asking for on their community investment is like 10 to 1. So it would be better to just get the taxpayer to give to these organizations. Charitable donations are great, trying to emotionally leverage them for massive handouts isn't so great.