In a heated exchange with audience member Chris MacRae, a bristling Burke said, ‘You’re saying you don’t care if the Calgary Flames leave? You don’t think we could find a place to go?”A new arena for the Flames dominated the discussion. CALGARY—Flames president of hockey operations Brian Burke says taxpayers in other Canadian cities recognize the need for new arenas and stadiums, so why not in Calgary? MacRae, who says his family has bought Flames season tickets for three decades, challenged Burke on his comparisons to Detroit. MacRae says Red Wings owners are putting a lot more of their own money into a new arena than taxpayers.

Source: thestar June 07, 2017 23:03 UTC