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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yes. We are aware. It's just not a good metric. The absolute biggest metric for the success of an expansion team would be attendance. Using numbers that include populations that won't attend (regularly) flaws the system if you're looking to compare the markets. If the argument is that Edmonton has a bigger market than Calgary because of Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie, something's gone a bit goofy.
Of course those markets are already taken and more importantly the fans are already 'taken'. It was just to point out that if you're including populations three+ hours away, then Vegas has an incredibly huge population to draw from. Sure, it's different, I'm not trying to draw a direct parallel because I think the entire argument is flawed in the first place.
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You're arguing something other than what the people behind those tables were.
What you are arguing is more akin to this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comm...ile_radius_of/
Markets without a team:
https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comm...ius_of/d3p5zjk
(Population data is old, so YMMV; Calgary and Edmonton are off by about 30%, so I'm betting the figures come from the last federal censuses.)