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Resolute 14 · 01-31-2012, 07:36 AM

If you add a team to Fort Mac, the Ice would certainly move back to the BC Division. But truth be told, I'd probably put a team in Grande Prairie first, though the same issue with a small arena exists there too. The city of GP is over 50,000 population, but has a market area of 250,000 - though a large percentage of that is too far away to be expected to come to games with any regularity. But it is a more permanent population than Fort McMurray.

That said, if you can believe it, now that the Calgary Vipers are done, someone decided to put a North American Baseball League team in Fort McMurray to pair up with Edmonton. I'm curious to see if it actually gets off the ground.

01-31-2012, 07:36 AM	#3
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	If you add a team to Fort Mac, the Ice would certainly move back to the BC Division. But truth be told, I'd probably put a team in Grande Prairie first, though the same issue with a small arena exists there too. The city of GP is over 50,000 population, but has a market area of 250,000 - though a large percentage of that is too far away to be expected to come to games with any regularity. But it is a more permanent population than Fort McMurray. That said, if you can believe it, now that the Calgary Vipers are done, someone decided to put a North American Baseball League team in Fort McMurray to pair up with Edmonton. I'm curious to see if it actually gets off the ground.