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Old 09-15-2017, 09:24 AM   #418
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Originally Posted by InCoGnEtO View Post
If i am understanding this correctly, the Owners were going to put in $200M of an $890M CalgaryNEXT project, which is 22% of that cost. If that is the case, and going by what Ken King said in his presser about the same RATIO, they are looking to put in $121M to this deal.

I also have heard that the Flames ownership considers the 33% Ticket tax part of what they are putting forward. Therefore they feel like they are paying 66%. ....Which is a total crock of.....ya, you get it.
I actually think that it is fair for the Flames to consider the ticket tax as more or less being out of their pocket. I just think that, even so, it is entirely fair that the Flames should pay at least two thirds of the cost of their development.
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