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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
Vegas is a horrible idea for the NHL.
Since it is a small city where almost all the permanent residents work evenings, they will have no loyal fanbase. Sure tickets will sell as casinos buy them to give away and visiting fans invade the arena but they won't have their own fanbase. Which means small TV revenue and small merchandise revenues.
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While I'm not a fan of a Vegas expansion, it's got a metro population of 2 million. Not what anyone from Alberta should be calling small. And no, the vast majority of the city doesn't work nights. Zappos is also there, pushing a changing corporate culture.
Not a fan of the move, but some of the posters on here have clearly never traveled more than a block off the strip.