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Originally Posted by elk396
I guess for me if I could see some numbers on how big of a tax hit it would be to each Calgarian, that would clear up a lot of assumptions. It might also shut me up too, because if it's significant, I might just switch my position. But I do like the Flames and hope we don't lose them however it works out in the end. Ill try dig that info up and post it.
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http://www.660news.com/2017/09/12/sh...-city-calgary/
Looks like the Flames put the cost at $500 million, the city expects it to be a bit higher than that. They report the Edmonton arena cost $614 million so somewhere between 500 and 600 is a reasonable assumption for discussion.
The fact that the Flames wanted the building to be tax free going forward is a bigger concern to me than the up front costs.