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Although Seattle has the Seahawks, Mariners, University of Washington, and Washington State. Not to mention a possible NBA team. How many markets in the US is the NHL #1 if there are other sports there?
Ahem Sounders. NHL will never be a #1 spot with cities that have multiple other sports teams there. You can't use that argument of why Canada should get more teams via relocation.
Although Seattle has the Seahawks, Mariners, University of Washington, and Washington State. Not to mention a possible NBA team. How many markets in the US is the NHL #1 if there are other sports there?
Washinton State? Their campus is 10 miles from the border with Idaho.
This is excellent news if true! I'm thinking Quebec and Markham? Then relocate a team like Phoenix to Seattle and watch HRR increase exponentially.
If you really are going to have to move Phoenix which sorry Coyotes fans most of us think needs to happen. It makes sense to relocate them to Seattle. They can make the expansion buy in fees huge then. The pressure for Canadian teams to pony up will be huge. It could scare off a lot of the USA markets that would look into bidding if the tag is a really staggering number.
I would expect Seattle, Omaha, Kansas City, Houston, and Las Vegas to prepare bids if this is done with a bidding format. Maybe Hartford if someone can get an arena lined up there also.
If you really are going to have to move Phoenix which sorry Coyotes fans most of us think needs to happen. It makes sense to relocate them to Seattle. They can make the expansion buy in fees huge then. The pressure for Canadian teams to pony up will be huge. It could scare off a lot of the USA markets that would look into bidding if the tag is a really staggering number.
I would expect Seattle, Omaha, Kansas City, Houston, and Las Vegas to prepare bids if this is done with a bidding format. Maybe Hartford if someone can get an arena lined up there also.
WOW, I had no clue Omaha had that arena. Someone call Warren Buffett! Actually he's a smart investor, he would stay away from the NHL like it's the plague.
Seriously though, has anyone ever shown interest from the city?
Also, wasn;t Hartford even in the bidding as late as 2007 for Nashville?
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But watering down the product more via expansion is a terrible idea.
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Originally Posted by ThisYearsModel
The talent is too diluted already.
We have more than enough talent to have a 32 team league.
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The league can't find a buyer for a pretty good Phoenix playoff team - where are they gonna find not one, but TWO more suckers... er I mean owners... that want to join this club?
So now they'd need to find 3 new owners to join this group whose main source of income is currently locked out. Man, it doesn't get any better than this!
There's been a number of prospective buyers who have been interested in Phoenix. The issue isn't owning an NHL team, it's owning the one located in Phoenix. Allow that team to move anywhere, and someone would snap it up.
WOW, I had no clue Omaha had that arena. Someone call Warren Buffett! Actually he's a smart investor, he would stay away from the NHL like it's the plague.
Seriously though, has anyone ever shown interest from the city?
Also, wasn;t Hartford even in the bidding as late as 2007 for Nashville?
Have always thought Omaha would be a good market, has corporate partners and potential owners. The arena seats around 18,000 more when not in a hockey capacity. They would struggle with free agents, but would own Nebraska being the only pro team in town. Passionate sports fans and the northern plains are very into hockey. I don't think they would fail, but I don't know that they will be realistically looked at by the league either.
Markham, Seattle, Quebec City, Omaha, Kansas City and Houston would most likely be the preferred destinations for expansion/relocation.
Although I don't think any city has both an arena and an ownership group in place, they all seem to be lacking one or the other.
There is a group interested in a team in Seattle the problem is they can't actually do anything until there is an approve arena plan. I am hoping once King County and Seattle give their approving we'll know who the NHL ownership group is going to be.
Markham, Seattle, Quebec City, Omaha, Kansas City and Houston would most likely be the preferred destinations for expansion/relocation.
Although I don't think any city has both an arena and an ownership group in place, they all seem to be lacking one or the other.
Houston, Kansas City and Omaha all have state of the art arenas that can host hockey in place. I don't know about ownership and the building in Houston already has the Rockets as a major tenant. Kansas City has been desperate to get a permenant tenant in place. Once again don't know the ownership groups, but the guy that owns the Royals and helped fund the arena is David Glass who is married to a Walton and worth billions. In terms of Omaha, I do think if you could get Buffett interested he is very into doing anything for his home state it would be a huge victory. Omaha is a lot bigger than people think. It could be a very sustainable market and a huge victory for the league.
There is a group interested in a team in Seattle the problem is they can't actually do anything until there is an approve arena plan. I am hoping once King County and Seattle give their approving we'll know who the NHL ownership group is going to be.
It is the guy that owns the AHL's Chicago Wolves. At least he is one of the rumored guys that is very interested, Don Levin is his name.
