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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
This sounds like Phoenix part 2. I am not sure who would go to Vegas and think of taking in a hockey game with all the other things to do there except for the hard-core hockey fan. I would doubt they would have enough natural hockey fans in the city to have much more than 6000 or so STH once the novelty wore off in 2 or 3 years. If that was the case they would be relying on 10K plus walk ups each night to have respectable crowds.
I guess in 2021 they may be able to cash in on a TV contract assuming the team stays afloat through then. Hopefully the owner has deep pockets cause I just do not see 16K plus showing up to watch on a nightly basis.
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I think you're underestimating how many people in that town at any one time would think it is cool to put some money on the game at one of the big sportsbooks and then go watch the event live. I think this could be huge for the NHL.
Like someone else said earlier, people will get comped tickets or decide to go for 'something different' and fall in love with the game. They'll take that love back where they come from and start following the NHL. It won't happen every time, but I bet it happens.