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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
Vegas has a population of ~500 000 with no major team to support. This is exactly why NHL wants to be the first one. You look at Florida/Phoenix they have plenty of other choices, Vegas folks don't. This is why I think it will work.
Last year they had 40 million tourists. Vegas will be a hit but make sure they start winning soon.
I could probably arrange a group of people overnight for a Flames game in vegas. Every fan base will do that with all other entertainment option available. 2 for 1 basically.
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As we've (hopefully) learned in Phoenix, Lots of people =\= lots of hockey fans.
And it's hockey fans that pay to watch hockey...