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Originally Posted by jayswin
For sure, and not to get off track, but it is clear that ownership wanted out of this current deal due to the price of materials during the pandemic, and they found an easy way out. And to be honest, they were right to want it.
I guess just a counterpoint to the idea (not sure if you were insulting this or not) that the city didn't want the deal and ruined everything, while ownership was gung ho to get shovels in the ground. It was clearly not a good time to start building an arena for Flames ownership or the city. They are business men and made a business move to kick this down the road until costs come down, regardless of what the local media in their pocket suggested otherwise.
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I don't know the ins and outs of the arena drama to be honest.
I haven't followed it, and I don't really know who is at fault or the reasons behind why it really got turfed.
But the bottom line is the Flames already have a tougher time than most teams attracting and keeping high end talent. It's not a secret, and having the oldest, most run down facilities in the league doesn't help that.
If they want to increase their chances of building a sustainable contender, they need to build a new arena, it should have been done long ago.
Now, two of the best players we've had in the last 30 years are on the brink of being able to walk away as free agents if they so choose, and my only point was that having a fancy new arena to call home would have helped the cause for keeping them around. Which is most likely true.
But then some drive-by superstar decided to build a strawman because he thinks he's funny and must have an axe to grind on the arena topic.