Actually, we're both wrong. Sportsco (from Chicago), bought it for $85 million.

Rogers bought it for $25 million.

I'd also argue the 'anyone could have bought it' statement, but I don't think there's any way to prove it. Perhaps Rogers had a first right of refusal in their lease. Maybe Sporstco approached them directly. Maybe it was up on TREB for 6 months.

Also, I said buying it for $25 million was a subsidy. Not that they were being subsidized today.

Feel free to split hairs and say that because they bought it from a private company, they weren't getting a subsidy. Fine. But at the end of the day, the province sold it for $150 million to a company that then resold it to Sportsco for $80 million, who eventually sold it for $25 million to Rogers. Since taxpayers were on the hook for around half of the nearly $600 million cost to build it, I think Rogers indirectly benefited from an originally low sale price that ended up leaving the Provincial tax payers to pay for the stadium costs.