That whole response to the letter was really well done, but does anyone think that Katz cares what fans are saying, or that they're handing out stickers or talking about Facebook sites.
No, he cares about his provincial funding for his rink and the real estate opportunities outside of it.
Katz isn't stupid, he didn't buy this team out of the goodness of his heart, he bought a team at a discount that he could leverage into more money. I would expect that the Oilers will embark on another rebuild, that Katz will demand a decrease in the dollars spent on payroll because of it and will be perfectly content to wait for his new building.
The fact is if you watch Edmonton home games there are a lot of empty seats, a friend who goes to games describes it as a few thousand. But those seats are paid for. Even if next year the renewals start dropping off the Oilers will do another hope and special marketing plan and farm their waiting list and everyone will show up for games 1-20 and fill the seats and buy the beer and the jersey's because they get sucked in each and everytime.
All he has to do is limp through to the new rink because he knows that no fan can resist a new rink and it will fill up no matter how bad things are on the ice.
On top of that because he's such a big fan of former 80's glory Oilers he will continue to be a employment firm for them until the day that he decides to sell the team for a steep profit, which could happen with the new building, however he will maintain the ownership of the building and soak any new owner as a tenant.
Oiler fans need to start realizing that Katz isn't their friend. He's not the saving grace for their franchise, he's going to suck the city of Edmonton for every dime no matter what the cost is and continue to rack up the profits after words.
And Lowe will continue to receive a paycheck with the ability to gas a canary like Mac-T once every couple of years to deflect attention from him.
This insanity is so logical
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