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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Which is why Gary Bettman needs to go. Vegas is the next Arizona Coyotes only worse, it is going to fail and fail miserably. The current season ticket drive might be doing ok but the novelty will wear off quickly. People go to Vegas to have a good time gambling, or going to shows, or a million other things to do besides go to a hockey game. Quebec City on the other hand is a hockey crazed city that would sell out every single game. I get that Bettman's ultimate goal is to make the game bigger in the States but this is just an epic fail of an idea.
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I don't think so. Why did Quebec lose their team in the first place? Were they sold out every game?
Vegas + NHL would work. It's a large metro area firstly, plus the obviously huge tourist population at any given time. No doubt in my mind they become popular and have good attendance.
What worries me is Vegas + NHL + NFL. Corporate dollars will all go to the NFL team leaving the NHL team to rely on gate and TV revenue. Sure, there are only 8 home NFL games a season, but the corporate dollars are what count.
It's funny how the Raiders have been looking to move the minute they got to Oakland. Go back to LA and call it a day already.