Quebec City (B-)
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/31.pdf
Quebec City is, like Winnipeg, a small Canadian city that can almost certainly generate higher arena revenues than the average US Sun Belt team. Even if the new Nordiques played in the old Colisée, with its 15,200 seats, they could likely record higher attendance than about a third of US NHL arenas. And taking Canada’s existing NHL markets as a guide, they would also be able to charge much higher ticket prices than many American teams.
Does Quebec really need a new 18,000 seat, $400 million arena? Winnipeg is NHL-ready with a 15,000 seat barn that cost a third of what Quebec City is proposing to spend. A smaller market such as Quebec City would be well served by a smaller, less expensive building.
Local Population = 746,000
Regional Population = 1.3 million