Fair enough, but then why should federal and provincial taxpayers pony up an estimated $800 million for the same venue? That's the plan, if you want to call it that.
It's an excessive amount of money, even before you consider the longstanding objection in Canada to using taxpayer dollars to fund arenas for sports teams.
We may have entered an era when such projects can't proceed without a billionaire partner who owns the major tenant, like an NHL or MLB team.
In the meantime, Saskatoon soldiers on with proposed funding for the arena district that seems increasingly precarious, perhaps even pure fantasy.
I hate that “we” are expecting capital from a cooperation or rich person to fund our public things. I get and understand why people do not want their taxes to go up but at the same time do we want to live in a world where everything is sold? I like my healthcare and my drug prices where they are!