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Originally Posted by Slava
I think that utilization is a valid way of deciding whether to keep these things going. But you bringing up that it doesn't make money is what I'm talking about. It's just that deciding whether we should have these things based on whether or not they make money is just dumb. Almost nothing the city does makes money...it's inherent.
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It's underutilized, therefore a bad investment and not worth continuing to keep around.
If a golf course was highly utilized but losing money, do you not think a prudent leadership team at the City should review if it's still a good investment for Calgarians? The goal is generate user fee revenue (and likely retail sales) to assist in covering operating costs. Anything after that is gravy. If it' not, then more tax dollars have to go towards subsidization. At what threshold does that stop?
A pool that is underutilized is not making enough in user fees to keep open. It is a money pit. Can't run a pool on good vibes and "Calgarians should swim" karma.
If making money was the point of the City of Calgary, we'd probably have a very different looking city.