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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
I agree with Oliver, but it's kind of funny that the 3 NFL examples he points to did actually move (2 to LA!).
All because of new stadiums.
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And therein lies the problem. If you don't want to provide, someone else will.
This is why cities will end up paying either way. You can have the owner of a pro team chip in to help share the costs, or you could be like Kansas City and Quebec City, and build it 100% with your own taxpayers funds, while hoping for a team to come. Calgary definitely doesn't want to be in the latter position when they do got a partner already that's willing to share costs halfway. (Or close too; last deal CSEC was putting in more than 50%, which should be viewed as a win for cities in this game.)