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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Seems doubtful to me. Most of the shows that casino's in town have tickets to take place in Casino's. That makes sense to give tickets to those shows, the customer is in their casino then. To give tickets to an event outside of your venue does not seem to make sense. I imagine the NHL will have as much success as the Arena Football League has had in Vegas. No Casino's gave free tickets to their games because it did not make sense because you do not have a captive audience like you do for a Celine Dion or Garth Brooks show inside your own casino.
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Okay, that makes sense. So your position is that you feel its not a good idea because the team wouldnt make money because not all of the businesses would support it in favour of other, more profitable entertainment events.
Fair enough.
I would imagine the profitability of the team was probably determined in the feasibility study, so at the very least the owners are confident that a team in Vegas would break-even at worst.
My position is that I believe that with some creativity the team would probably make money, or, at the very worst, lose less money than:
- Florida
- Tampa
- Phoenix
- Carolina
- Etc.