After a fifteen-year absence, Gary Bettman has made it clear that the NHL would like to be back in Québec City...but not without a new rink
Under no circumstances should public money be used to help build arenas or stadiums anywhere Canada. Whatever team or teams play in these facilities are/will almost certainly be privately owned. Every Canadian NHL team is privately owned. Just three CFL teams are owned by the community – the Edmonton Eskimos, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Canadian Hockey League teams are almost exclusively privately owned. Private ownership must equal private funding for new facilities. Period. (more…)