“Hey, remember that $185 million you were gonna give us to build an arena? Yeah, well it turns out that by giving us $185 million, it’s actually more like you gave us nothing and we actually finance the whole thing”.
This is like negotiating with a toddler.
The Flames released this a couple days ago to counter the first City of Calgary graphic on what they offered the Flames ownership for a new arena deal in Victoria Park.
The City countered yesterday with this updated graphic:
I have yet to hear a coherent argument from either Ken King, or the fraction of fans who support public dollars for an NHL arena they do not own (the City).