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Old 07-19-2018, 03:06 PM   #2212
Jay Random
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Originally Posted by dissentowner View Post
You do realize a new owner would actually be willing to at least negotiate right?
You do realize that a new owner would have to deal with the same City Hall? It takes two to negotiate, and when the mayor says, ‘Vote for me because I am going to put an arena exactly where I want it and make somebody else pay for it,’ that is not a good-faith negotiating position. That's what brought things to a total impasse.

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A well established Canadian market would have potential buyers banging down the doors.
Not if it means paying $450 million over and above the cost of the team, it wouldn't.
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