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Originally Posted by DementedReality
you dont think there are more hockey fans in the +1million residents of Southern Alberta than in all of Dallas Texas (as one example)?
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Population = larger potential market = greater potential revenues. When that guy did the audit of the Kings books before the lockout, he found that the Kings had a massively overvalued radio deal because the competition for listeners was so fierce. The size of the market dictated the value of the contract. That cannot happen here in Calgary, no matter how much you want to trot out the "there are more hockey fans in Calgary than x" strawman.
Or, to simplify, if Calgary and area has more hockey fans than Dallas, as you suppose, why have the Stars historically had much higher revenues than the Flames? Even in 03-04 when we went to the finals, Forbes listed Dallas' revenue as being nearly 50% higher.
http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/CBA/11-14-04cba.htm
Seems kinda odd, dont you think?
Not that I necessaraly disagree with the thought that Calgary has more hockey fans than Dallas does, merely that there is no direct relation to ability to generate revenue.