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Originally Posted by valo403
No, it's like asking "Do you have any idea how large Texas is?"
The fact that a state of that size has 7 other professional teams is irrelevant, those teams aren't competing with each other. If you want point to the number of teams in Houston then sure, that's an argument, there's certainly a decent amount of competition in the market. But the presence of the Cowboys means nothing here, and the presence of the Stars is likely a positive factor as it creates a rivalry, and their presence has established a solid grassroots hockey program in Texas. Nobody has even attempted to argue that hockey would leap for any of those sports, so again I have no idea how that is relevant.
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On top of this Houston already has an AHL team (showing they support hockey), and a massive arena (which the rockets play out of), not to mention it is by far the largest market in north america without a hockey team.
As for competing with other sports, the only other sport it would be directly competing with is Basketball, as they are both played during the same time of the year. Football is 8 home games + playoffs, and Baseball is the complete opposite season.
Not sure how this wouldn't work, seems like the perfect market to me. However it would be by far the least cared about franchise in the city, but this is also the case in Dallas and their franchise is doing alright.