It would be pretty hard to question 'Why not do this? It's a great opportunity to get a new arena. ... We don't need state money. They can put the state money to other uses. We're offering to build the arena at no cost.
I hope none of you expected Mario to own this team forever. He's done more than he should ... and he's teed this up perfectly for the community to jump at a great opportunity for this team to stay here.