[Jason14h]

Originally Posted by Bonded

That isn't what is happening in this scenario though and even then arenas and sports typically don't provide that much return to the city. It either doesn't drove revenue growth or just shifts spending.


https://www.stlouisfed.org/publicati...rts-facilities

Not saying it’s incorrect , but do we have anything more recent then 2001

Calgary downtown sucks . Around the Stadium sucks

For a city of our average income and size our downtown is a joke. Not saying this solves it , or that it couldn’t be done without a stadium , but if done right at least we’ll get some energy into the area