According to a report from LiveWire Calgary, the public contribution to the proposed new Calgary Flames arena could be in the vicinity of $300 million. This would be roughly half of the estimated cost of the facility.
How much could the city chip in for an Event Centre? Here's what we've heard. #yyc https://t.co/uIJrJKdyQN
— LiveWireCalgary (@LiveWireCalgary) March 13, 2019
But it’s important to put both the dollar figure and the proportion of total costs in proper context. Is covering half of a new barn (or spending that amount of public funds on one) out of the ordinary?