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Why Calgary council drank the publicly subsidized Kool-aid on arenas

The Flames waited until booster-minded city politicians couldn’t hold out any longer for a success story. It just might work.

In arena talks, Calgary Flames owners spectacularly misread the shot

Calgarians are self-confident enough not to worry that the NHL would abandon them. And unlike Edmonton, the city doesn’t need an arena to revitalize its downtown core