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jammies · 01-31-2010, 02:47 AM

The NBA has no interest in coming to Calgary. Nobody sane would want to bankroll an NBA team here if they did. If you scored the special meth that makes reality bend exactly the way you want, in order to ignore these first two problems, the attendance would be still abysmal and the team would move or fold inside 5 years.

Let me put it this way - Calgary *could* have lost its HOCKEY team due to lack of support. Hockey, as in the most popular sport in Canada. How can you make a business case for basketball, which is undoubtedly LAST in popularity among the major sports here in Calgary, in light of that? You can't.

It is not going to happen now, it is not going to happen in 10 years, and I would bet big money it is not going to happen ever. The whole concept is beyond ludicrous.

01-31-2010, 02:47 AM	#76
jammies Basement Chicken Choker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants. Exp:	The NBA has no interest in coming to Calgary. Nobody sane would want to bankroll an NBA team here if they did. If you scored the special meth that makes reality bend exactly the way you want, in order to ignore these first two problems, the attendance would be still abysmal and the team would move or fold inside 5 years. Let me put it this way - Calgary could have lost its HOCKEY team due to lack of support. Hockey, as in the most popular sport in Canada. How can you make a business case for basketball, which is undoubtedly LAST in popularity among the major sports here in Calgary, in light of that? You can't. It is not going to happen now, it is not going to happen in 10 years, and I would bet big money it is not going to happen ever. The whole concept is beyond ludicrous. __________________ Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.