I have zero issue with people being against this because public money is going towards a mostly private enterprise.
Not a problem.
I personally love cool things in Calgary. I'll never be in the library but I love it. I'll never be in the Bell Music building, but I love it. The Peace bridge seemed redundant but I love it now.
Do wonder if we had this much consultation with the voter on any of those deals though.
Anyway ... to each their own. My view is the city shouldn't give them a building, but the team shouldn't have to do it alone. If a building costs $550M and the exchange rate stats where it is, the Flames will take what 50 years to pay it off if they did it alone? So what is a valid answer, and I get that too.
But there are only so many people willing to tie up a pile of capital in an asset that returns so little year over year. Run through that list and pro hockey is no longer viable.
Calgary needs nice things too. Lets not over think this.
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