Why even think about placing an extra team into a market that is going to be fighting an uphill battle right from the start? There are plenty of markets where you wouldn't have to find some new way of doing business or make special timing concessions. Ontario, Quebec City, Seattle, Portland, Connecticut....these places actually have some hockey fans. How about trying to serve these already existing fans, instead of trying to turn a random blackjack dealer at some casino into one?
Putting a team in Vegas would just cheapen the whole league. There's a reason only mickey-mouse leagues have ever tried.
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