Nenshi didn't cut a deal. He just has one vote on council & most of his allies deserted him on the arena. He screwed up the first deal so badly the Flames refused to deal with him again. So, after a year & a half cooling off period & a civic election with a new city council they formed a new committee to negotiate with the Flames but Nenshi was not on that committee. Other councillors handled it & he was brought up to speed like everybody else whenever they reported to council. In the first round of negotiations he'd mouth off to the media when things were supposed to be kept in silence which really pissed off Flames President Ken King. he said the Hell with it & walked away from negotiations.