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Originally Posted by jammies
That would be relevant if 100% of the money you currently spend on the Flames recycled directly into the local economy. But it doesn't.
For example, the Flames' scouts are paid with money earned here, but live and work elsewhere. So a portion of your season ticket money leaves the city for that. Johnny Gaudreau buys an island for his mom? That money, much of it originally derived from ticket holders in Calgary, is now exported. And so on - the money you are paying into the Flames gets redistributed locally at a certain efficiency, and likely not a particularly high one.
So you would be less locally efficient with your cash, by now prioritizing travel, but others would offset that by being more locally efficient - or so the studies say. You theoretically shifting your habits to travel instead of season tickets is therefore still just one data point and not conclusive evidence of anything.
PS: You know what else the Flames spend millions and millions a year on? Travel. Way more money than you'll ever spend, waving its little moneyhands goodbye.
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Did you factor in all the TV revenue that gets paid to the players?
You're making one-sided assumptions too.