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Originally Posted by artvandelay
This is a bit of a misrepresentation. Regardless of how the ticket levy is financed, the CS&E will be footing the bill for that as well. So the total give from Flames ownership is $450 million or 51% of the total project cost.
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Then they should offer up $450M in total (by financing $250M on their own) and eliminate the ticket tax altogether. They would just raise their prices to recoup their principle and borrowing costs. In that case, they really are footing the bill. Why complicate things with a ticket tax?