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Originally Posted by TOfan
I was responding to your point that players spend their money elsewhere, which isn’t accurate.
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I think it is reasonably accurate.
How many Flames make Calgary their year round home and are part of the city's tax base, spending their money with local businesses? Some of them sure, your anecdotal example proves it.
And then several spend their entire off season somewhere else. And are on the road for a huge chunk of the season.
Spend $80 million on NHL player salaries and some percentage of that is returned directly to the local economy.
Move a corporation's head office here and spend $80 million on "regular" jobs and a far larger percentage stays in the local economy.