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Originally Posted by Reanimate
Were the North Stars a turd financially though? Did they sell out the last two straight seasons?
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Could be wrong but there had been fights with the city about improving the arena for years and years with different ownership groups. When they couldn't get it done ownership stopped putting money into the team and the product dwindled. So to did the crowds. They had tried to move into the new facility where the Timberwolves played but that was blocked. When that happened they were sold to Green. Green did put money into the team and facility and in June 1991 they were in the Stanley cup finals and attendance was on a steady rise (about 14k according to hockeydb.com the final couple of seasons...compared to under 8k the year they went to the cup. Facility was about 15k for seating so they were near capacity the final two seasons and climbing). September 1993 they were in Dallas after another round of not being able to secure a new facility I believe (the decision was made in December 1992 a mere 18 months after a Stanly Cup appearance and 8 months after yet another playoff berth).
Something like that I think.