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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Exactly. It’s pretty easy to be happy with all the cool stuff that comes with the arena and recognize the intangible benefits without fudging the numbers and pretending this is some economic windfall or good deal.
The deal sucks. It’ll cost more public money than it’ll ever return, while the CSEC can easily recoup their investment far easier. It’s corporate welfare. We can recognize that and still enjoy the thing when it’s built. Nobody has to pretend this is anything more than it is.
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For me it's been the decade of thinking we were better than the folks up North and the deal they got. Unfortunately the sad reality is we're no better. Just another thing the Flames have managed to chip away, that quiet misplaced confidence that we were different than our neighbours to the North. No more rolling my eyes when someone from Edmonton goes on and on and on about their arena.
