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Originally Posted by IgiTang
Without digging through news articles, I beliebe there was a judgement within the last few months that allowed teams to mandate their own TV rights ala MSG Entertainment and such...
When the leafs are playing in Vegas, and the game is on CBC, SN by that time.. Are people from TO not going to be watching the game? Infact most of the eastern seaboard will too.
When OV and the caps are in Vegas, will Russain fans from Moscow not see highlights or PVR the game? I think they would.
When The Nucks are in Vegas, wone every Swede, twin girl and nuck fan be watching?
I can tell you one thing my friend, I have never said as many times about any other city in the world as much as ive said about Vegas, damn we gotta go after seeing something cool or fun. Or getting the itch to get trashed and gamble.
Just seeing Vegas attracts people to it. Period. Billboards about "Love" or "o" or "Jersey boys" or anything... Casino are going to pay huge dollars to have their add up instead of anothers.
You keep trying to be technical, but there is no evidence supporting your point of view. However, almost every person that has been to vegas has seen a picture, ad or heard about it from someone and gone based on that.
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1. You're saying the same thing I am. Local TV rights are owned by teams. National rights by the NHL. That's it, end of discussion. Teams can negotiate their own local deals, hence TSN having Jets and Leafs and Canadiens home games. National deals, no. So Las Vegas can negotiate its own TV deal, but again, do you really think TV networks in Vegas will shell out huge cash? No is almost certainly the answer.
2. People in Toronto watching a Las Vegas game will be giving ratings...to the TV station in Ontario. That doesn't help the rating in Las Vegas, at all, in any way, shape or form. And from the reverse perspective, Canadian viewership does not count towards US TV ratings. So it doesn't matter if Joe from Toronto or Dbag from Vancouver watches Canucks-Vegas, it doesn't help the TV rating in Las Vegas. Low ratings = low broadcasting fees.
3. Las Vegas has more entertainment options than anywhere on earth. So hockey would be in addition to the many options already out there. How many people do you think are just gonna want to randomly see a hockey game between two random teams it has no attachment to? Works better for boxing or MMA because someone getting the crap beaten out of them is somebody getting the crap beaten out of them. Attending Panthers-Vegas randomly is not going to happen very often. Most of the people attending games in Vegas from outside Vegas will likely have planned to do so.
4. Every NHL team can have ads. What makes you think Vegas will be so massive? If the franchise is advertising hockey, it's only generating revenue if people show up....which again, guess what? Every NHL team does it. Ad space they sell in arena for boards or whatever is dependant on views (TV and in arena). Hence why the Leafs and Canadiens and Rangers make more than anyone in that department. Ad money is generatied on the basis of how often it will be seen. Again, without a sold out building a big TV ratings, they can't charge whatever they want for ad space. Supply and demand.