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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
Even the sounders get amazingly large crowds.
Not sure where the notion Seattle isn't a strong sports market comes from.
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Or a strong hockey market. Like has been mentioned earlier in the thread, Seattle has a great interest in minor league hockey, which is basically your grassroots effort that you need.
I lived there 15 years ago, and there wasn't much interest in hockey, but I would say that has changed a lot. The interest in the Winterhawks, Thunderbirds, Chiefs and Tri-City Americans has greatly increased, and even at a local level I would say that a lot of the kids I knew that wanted nothing to do with hockey are now all involved with some sort of league or recreational hockey.
Also, I would say that a team in Seattle would do much better than a team in Florida. The NHL is growing, and I think a team in Seattle would do well.