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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
50% higher is "marginally" higher?
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Currently yes, but if the Phoenix business plan can increase revenue by 7-10% per year it is minimal in regards to NHL revenues. Use it in context of 50-50 split with players, $33M split would be $16.3M to the players, so just over $500K per team, barely a fourth line player. With no marketing and planning in Phoenix they were 27th in revenue and if they increase it by $5-6M per year for 3 years they will be almost the same as Winnipeg then it doesn't look so bad.
I am sure the market for a 2nd team in Toronto/Montreal could generate more but it won't be $100M, which would be more than Calgary or Vancouver. I believe that the economists working with the league have evaluated these numbers and see a greater opportunity to increase some of the lower, or underutilized markets.