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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Is Glendale/Phoenix that much more of an impoverished area than Winnipeg and/or Hamilton?
Winnipeg and Hamilton had a near-NHL arenas that was fully used paying its bills without an NHL team for years.
If the Jets were to leave Winnipeg next year (not going to happen) there would be no panic that the arena was going to sit empty.
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Apples and oranges.
MTS Centre and Copps Coliseum (and Le Colisee) are the only major indoor facilities in their cities. Jobbing.com is one of several in the metro Phoenix area. So every big event that comes to Winnipeg or Hamilton is guaranteed to go there. Glendale has to compete with others.
Also, Winnipeg and Quebec City had immediate replacement teams in the IHL, then AHL/QMJHL, while Hamilton has had both AHL and OHL teams, iirc. There is no guarantee (nor expecation) that Glendale could land a team at even that high a level quickly - if at all.