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Originally Posted by valo403
I'm not sure if you get that 'cement not falling from the roof' is not the measure of whether or not something is good enough to be considered NBA/NHL quality. The measure is exactly what you appear to dismiss, the ability to maximize revenue. This is a multi-billion dollar business, and it's run as such. I don't get the confusion.
The WNBA reference is total nonsense. Once again, the measure isn't the ability for the roof to stay up, it's the ability to maximize revenue. You don't need much to do that in a league that attracts a couple thousand people to it's games at most. The same analysis applies to your equally nonsense example of Wazzu and Gonzaga. Those games may be sold out, but they are one off games and therefore operate in a complete different realm. .
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My measurement was what conditions must exist for an NBA (less so NHL) franchise to be viable in Seattle per the OP? IMHO, stadium, check! If it's good enough for the other pro basketball team and that other multibillion sports industry called college sports with 1 college playing all their home games there (Seattle U) then it probably won't be too bad for the Sonics.
It is fairly obvious that unless you're the Yankees or Redsox, some small to mid size professional sports team need public funds to exist in the current cost structure. If that is the case in Seattle's situation, they're won't be a new team(s) here.
And again, there was a team here for 41 years. So there is a good bet it was making money for the owners one way or the other (public dole or otherwise)
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Originally Posted by valo403
Btw, did you really reference owners making money year after year and Nassau in the same sentence? The Isles are hemorrhaging money, largely due to their arena situation.
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That's an interesting business model then since the Isles having been in the red even before Wang bought them playing in NCC.
He must not be much of a businessman losing money year after year.
I guess he must do it for the love of the game and the love of Nassau County.