Goodbye Calgary Flames
Looks like the start of the end to our beloved hockey team. Make sure all you Calgarians remember that when you cast your ballot next time.
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Ken King thinks he is more important than all the fires burning in Alberta. Waterton is under attack and King comes out with I am taking my ball and going home. I was thinking we need a change but with this third group who do not have to identify themselves and now the flames I sure will vote for Nenshi again.
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I still find it hard to stomach that billionaires expect and get subsidies from taxpayers. Civic pride has value but not to the point of enriching the super wealthy.
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I am not in favor of the taxpayers paying to subsidize a privately owned franchise, but I would rather see that than wasting $500k on an abomination along the roadway that they call art.
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[QUOTE=artie;3620967]Ken King thinks he is more important than all the fires burning in Alberta. Waterton is under attack and King comes out with I am taking my ball and going home. I was thinking we need a change but with this third group who do not have to identify themselves and now the flames I sure will vote for Nenshi again.[/QUOTE
Ken King and taking his ball home is old news and has nothing to do with Waterton....It was Nenshi's comments yesterday which said " Do we really need a new arena? His response "NO"....Has nothing to do with the management.... |
Yeah I just love donating so other people can put a Porche or BMW in their driveway. Nothing against sports but have you seen the size of some of the million dollar contracts. Too bad people that lay their life on the line on a daily basis don't see a pay cheque like that.
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Let them go, they get a cup run once a generation and try to hold the city hostage. Oil is down, construction is down but ticket and beer and parking prices are up. I would rather watch the Hamilton or Quebec flames once a decade on a cup run for free from my house.
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I personally would hate to see them go. Its usually a pretty easy 2pts!
:sHa_shakeshout: Sorry I had to |
Thanks for the laugh !
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https://media.giphy.com/media/VrSZDlpRaHYje/giphy.gif Made my day! :happy0034: . |
We could argue all day about the wisdom involved in utilizing tax dollars to subsidize/benefit a billionaire's business. Generally, I tend to disfavor using tax dollars to subsidize private business, from Bombardier to Greyhound's northern routes. However, given how governments spend money these days, federally and locally, I tend to think that a new arena, and by association the Calgary Flames, benefit the city to a much greater degree than the vast majority of non-public works projects council spends money on. For example, a single event hosted last year, the Calgary Flames Charity Golf Classic, raised $400,000 for local charities including Ronald McDonald House, the Calgary Food Bank, and the YWCA. The Flames Foundation isn't limited to a single event however, and once you incorporate the Lottery, Italian Open, Celebrity Poker Tournament, etc. we are talking about millions raised annually for local charities, not to mention visiting sick kids in hospitals, dropping in and practicing with some minor hockey team, the enjoyment thousands get out of watching the team, the hundreds of jobs created, the revenue brought to the city by out of town fans, individual players charities (of one whom recently won a humanitarian award), the inspiration provided to kids to participate in sport, etc. etc. I'm not an economist and can't perform a cost analysis weighting the monetary pros/cons the Flames provide, but I would sure think they provide a greater benefit to the city than a $3 million reno to council's boardroom, the blue orb, the latest rock tower, LED's at Forest Lawn lift station, etc.
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If the Flames actually put forward a plan and presented it to Calgarians (like what the arena would look like and what would go into it) then maybe Calgarians could get on board with the project and voice their opinion to city hall.
Unfortunately, the Flames have done a poor job with that. |
This is nothing more than political posturing by Ken King, the Flames and Gary Bettman. They're trying to make it an election issue. So all of the 'sky is falling' (read: bullshirt) reporting by the Calgary gossipers (see Eric Francis) is completely ridiculous.
If/when the Flames relocate, I'll eat my shoe. It's not happening and for King to keep "hinting" at that possibility is an insult to the Flames' fans. King needs to go. |
Katz did the same thing in Edmonton.
Where are they supposed to take the flames that will make them more money? The hockey market in Alberta is ridiculous. There's nowhere to move to that will make more money. Don't be a sucker. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
Seattle.
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Arena's are like new cars. The smell wears off after 6months and your neighbour will have next years model in his driveway in 9 months.
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Regina.
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would be a more accurate statement :sHa_sarcasticlol: |
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