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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
In Quebec the Habs paid for their own arena. But different political culture there, less reliance on government handouts.
In LA it was private funded
In Vancouver it was privately funded
In Toronto it was privately funded
Boston it was privately funded
But some places in North America have the taxpayer pay for the arena, like Calgary.
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You are right not all arenas are publicly funded, but half are, give or take. Seems like the small market teams often get the short end of the stick... anyways happy for the team...some much needed good news