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Originally Posted by MalcolmTucker
Edmonton did a good job of ensuring path dependency for the decision through the council working/advisory/whatever group. There was no 'do nothing' alternative. The renovation alternative was costly enough to potentially be more expensive over the long term. The public accepted as fact that if nothing was done the Oilers would likely move.
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That's the difference though, there is a do nothing option as the Saddledome could easliy last another 20 years, wuld probably just require a few million dollars to keep it going, and McMahon functions pretty well even though it's an eyesore. The Flames just want more revenue and are looking for the city and taxpayers to subsidize it for them, and not surprisingly, people don't have an appetite for that. It becomes especially clear when the cost of future transit in this city is factored in, I think it was $15 billion in 30 years?
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