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Originally Posted by transplant99
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As I said at the time, this is simply a cash cow. With only one venue it means less logistics, less flights shuffling teams all over the country or Europe as was in 2004 and that means less costs. It also means less costs for TV productions which translates into Snet paying more for the rights. More directed marketing towards sponsors since it will be all in the Toronto market and made for TV.
It's also why there are no complaints about teams missing their stars or players on the fence about playing.