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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Oh my. You’ve lost me.
Thanks for the google tip. I know what ROI is, and I don’t see what you are going for otherwise
You are asking for quantified demonstration of the economic benefit … but not ROI?
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I don’t think you were ever found, tbh. You started out by responding to my post highlighting all the vague generalizations people have used to justify the arena by repeating the same vague generalizations.
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I was the one asking you for evidence from past like stadium projects, and you’re asking me for them now?
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Why would you ask me for evidence from past stadium projects when you’re one of the people who made the claim? I’m supposed to provide evidence if something you believe to be true and I don’t believe there’s any evidence of? Does that make sense to you?
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
It is kind of silly. It is clear without accounting for every dollar, this project will take a lot of dollars and reinject them in to the Alberta economy. GST will be collected Albertans will make a lot of money, and also pay tax on it.
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This is true of lots of projects. A lot of them don’t cost almost $1b of public money. A lot that do have much more crucial benefits beyond the economic side. So why is it unreasonable to ask that the people touting economic benefit actually show one that justifies the cost? If you’re going to bring it up as something that justifies it, it… should… no? Or there’s no point in bringing it up.
Again, it’s fine if the answer is “we need entertainment.” But if you’re going to pretend the justification for this is the economic benefits, you have to actually show it. That seems straightforward.