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The ongoing saga of the Calgary arena negotiations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0XpYh1pLbk They are back at the negotiating table. Calgary, Alberta elected officials and negotiators from the Calgary Sports...

Neither Montréal nor Québec City are close to regaining lost teams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oql2vcbtrQQ&t=1s It is Thanksgiving in Canada but Major League Baseball fans in Montréal and National Hockey League...

A third party is trying to help get a deal for a new Calgary arena completed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJdLY6YksY It might have been the Fourth of July holiday...

The city and Flames ownership could have a third party at the table in upcoming negotiating sessions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuMIHXcgSHU It is back to the negotiating table in Calgary...

It is the second breakdown in negotiations with Calgary elected officials in four years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfCEkOSWXek It is like déjà vu all over again. The city of Calgary...

It would be for a Tampa Bay Rays portion of the schedule. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKffkyJksnk&t=4s Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and MLB’s 30 franchise owners got really...

When the COVID spread stops, Canada may be attractive.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06RNuYrmChs There were reports that Arizona Diamondbacks ownership checked out Vancouver, British Columbia’s stadium in case it...

It is a slow process.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXkKmIkVkYE&t=6s   Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has his hands full with getting two baseball parks built in Oakland and in...

Stand in line and be quiet.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PghONkh9j3A&t=5s   There was a stir in the world of Major League Baseball when the Montreal Group announced the results of...

Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern once said that a successful sports franchise needed three things. Local government support, a large local TV deal and corporate support.