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Originally Posted by madmike
U.S. cities are much bigger suckers than Canadian cities when it comes to subsidizing sports teams and their billionaire owners.
That said, a team in Atlanta is never going to get the kind of fan support the Calgary Flames have. So I wouldn’t be that concerned.
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I'm not so sure that would always be correct.
Calgary came close to losing the team once. They've shown they won't support the team in every instance.
There may be a viable reason why the owners are scared to do a full tear down rebuild.
Calgary wasn't selling out every game this year. And the resale market is non-existent, except at a discount under season ticket prices.