A Good Governance Approach to Stadium Subsidies in North America

By Ryan Gauthier, Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University in Canada   Publicly Financing a Stadium — Back in the Saddle(dome)   Calgary, Canada, held their municipal elections on October 16, 2017, re-electing Naheed Nenshi for a third term as mayor. What makes this local election an interesting issue for sports, and sports law, is the domination of the early days of the campaign by one issue — public funding for a new arena for the Calgary Flames. The Flames are Calgaryâ€