[QUOTE=Strange Brew;6913238]My God man, it's not the least bit condescending to ask if someone appreciates the difference between a library and a for profit enterprise. Only different from a functionality and purpose perspective? If the City was building a 18,000 seat community arena for all Calgarians to use to enrich their lives then perhaps I would agree with you.
Except You didn’t ask that. You said “surely I can see the difference” and I did take it as condiscending.
To which I pointed out this is about more than just the arena. The arena will be an economic driver for east village that will draw thousands to the area many times a week. What else could you put that would generate the same foot traffic to the area to entice investment.
Losing a little on the arena deal COULD result in a massive return on additional east village development
Having the argument Solely about the arena without weighing the other impacts is nonsensical
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