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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Crazy that Gondek blew this deal over some sidewalks and her “climate emergency” grandstanding. Flames were taking on the actual building cost increases, yet Gondek felt the need to kill hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investment in the city.
How disappointing.
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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Well, someone sure called it when it was announced....
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
I have no love lost for the Flames ownership group and never thought I'd side with them in leveraging public funds to improve their franchise value, but the original deal was a 50/50 split of cost. For the city to repeatedly add extras onto the equation and to not continue to honor this arrangement is not a good look. Especially considering it should have been in the discussions a few months ago.
Amusing the city still allows real estate developers to pay for next to nothing relating to roadways and utilities compared to other significant cities but needs to throw the screws to CSEC for this latest straw breaking the camels back.
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This makes me think of this:
Granted, Flames just took their ball and went home...