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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
The league is comprised of owners that all look out for their best interests. Rexall is one of the oldest buildings in the league and the owners blocking a fellow owner of moving to a city that would provide a new building wouldn't sit well as Lemiex played the same card with Kansas City and I don't belive the owners would have stepped in there if the city of Pittsburgh didn't get a building done. At the end of the day the ownership group is united and would expect a market to pony up to keep their team and if Edmonton doesn't do that I don't see why the owners would lobby to keep a team in the city. Of course that would be last resort but if Katz could provide a compelling case I just can't see the league blocking him.
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Well I apologize for not being fully educated on this particular subject but I thought there was basically a deal in place to build the new downtown arena but Katz has decided that he now needs more money from the city? I am not suggesting that a new owner will play in Rexall just that the new owner would worh within the framwork of the deal that Katz and the city had apparently agreed upon already. I just don't see how there wouldn't be interest in a market like Edmonton where there is a rabid fanbase and building blocks for an elite team in place
Katz appears to be trying to squeeze every last penny out of the city which I don't blame him for but it is really souring the relationship between him and the city council.
If the league won't let Phoneix move without fighting it to the death I would be surprised they would allow a team in a market like Edmonton to move. It is all just a ploy by Katz to get what he wants and he will get what he wants eventually.