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Originally Posted by seattleflamer
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)
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.
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Umm, actually he did it as a means to leverage his way into building the multi-billion dollar Lighthouse complex. You need to understand that owning a professional sports team is about more than the professional sports team.