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Originally Posted by Red
I have not seen that, can you find a link or two?
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Read this thread, read the last thread. Several posters seem to think there are items in the current budget that are actually meant to be rerouted towards a new arena.
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Originally Posted by Red
It's an opinion. He is just spreading wild speculations that fit his narrative.
For someone who preaches logic he fails short in using it when it comes to the arena. - The arena can't be part of the bid because its main tenant is a private entity.
- The city won't include the arena as part of the plan because they would be tipping their hand while trying to negotiate with the Flames.
- The arena is a contentious topic. Most outside of CP don't want to publicly fund the arena. If the City added it to the plan, they would get more backlash.
If the Olympics are a go, the arena deal will be reached with the City offering more than originally offered with the Olympics as a justification. This way the City saves face and Flames get what they want. The timing of arena talks and olympics is not a coincidence. |
The arena can't be part of the bid because its main tenant is a private entity? Unless this is some new thing (and it's not), this is a lie. How is Staples Center hosting events in 2028? How did Rogers Arena host in 2010? They can't be called by their corporate names in the Olympics, they get renamed...but this is a remarkably strange and dishonest claim.
As far as tipping their hand, we have many posters here who are voting no who would switch their vote if an arena was included. Perhaps they should tip their hand? And if you think it's going to be a problem for the public to include the arena with more public funding, you think the public is going to not care if they do it separately? The backlash isn't going away if the city gives up more than it's previous deals.
As far as the bolded, this is literally my claim. The CSEC gains the upper hand in negotiations because the dynamic changes when city needs the arena as much or more than the CSEC. Now the CSEC can (and will) demand more public money because there has to be two arenas for the Olympics. So they can play hardball and demand the Edmonton deal, or even more. Can't imagine anyone at city hall wants the Flames leaving being on the 2021 ballot.