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Originally Posted by getbak
I thought it was the City of Abbotsford who approached the Flames. They first went to the Nucks, who were happy with their arrangement in Winnipeg, so Calgary was next on their list.
The Flames weren't happy with things in Quad Cities, so they took up Abbotsford on the offer (especially after the city agreed to cover their losses due to the increase in travel).
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You're right. I meant the whole deal surrounding the team. The fact that the City of Abbotsford has to pay the Flames for shortcomings in revenue while the Flames give Abbotsford a certain percentage if there's great revenue. That's all I meant by the sales pitch.
The City of Abbotsford got the raw end of the deal no doubt, but hindsight is 20/20.
It's sort of weird, stupid dynamic here though. The citizens are pissed off because the city made this deal and taxpayers have to make up for it... so they refuse to support the team. How much sense does that make?
Like I said earlier, the Abbotsford market is saturated with Canucks fans, not hockey fans. If there were more hockey fans, the Heat would have no problem getting 5000 fans out per game.