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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
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there is no reason why Seattle isn't a logical NHL choice for an American based team. Big sports town in general NFL, MLB, NCAA and the Thunderbirds have been there since the late 70's so the grass roots is there.
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Well there is a reason, the taxpayers of Seattle will not pay for it, both due to the lack of a tax base as noted before and also because Seattle is a very left leaning political city where almost everything has to survive well organised opposition in the courts and politically.
So somebody has to be rich enough to totally fund the purchase and construction of an arena and come up with franchise fees for the NBA and NHL, I just don't see it ever happening to be frank, unless Gates or Allen develops a huge love of hockey or basketball.