Quote:
Originally Posted by Monahammer
EVEN if you do 100% believe this argument, then the deal reached should not exceed the last deal + consideration for a relocation fee (say $200 million as has been spat out here.)
Current deal seems to be worth more than that spread.
|
Believing that they will leave (or even a decent chance they will leave) is what leads you to spend a bucket load of money to keep the team in town.
All the talk about jobs being added is moot if you don't believe they will truly leave since I'm sure the new arena will bring in minimal new jobs over the Flames playing the Saddledome.
It changes your situation to losing jobs/team to potentially losing some tax revenue if the team builds their own arena outside of Calgary's tax area (sort of like Ottawa's arena being in Kanata instead of Ottawa or or Florida being in Sunrise instead of Miami)