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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
Exactly. Looking at that link you provided, you need look no further than Chicago/Minnesota to see how much of an advantage you have in a larger market.
Minnesota sold out every single one of its games in 2003-04 (as it has every game in its franchise history) and the Blackhawks averaged somewhere around 11,000 fans in their 20,000 seat arena with about 5,000 season ticket holders.
Yet, both teams had the same amount of gross revenue at $71 million. The Blackhawks don't even have a great TV contract with no home games televised but they're still able to generate that kind of money - almost double what Calgary did that same season.
Corporate dollars are just that much more in larger markets. Find out what a billboard would cost in downtown Calgary and compare that to a billboard in downtown Chicago. The Blackhawks likely gets tons more money in corporate deals because that's the cost of doing business in the #3 market in the U.S.
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The argument of Cgy vs Chi holds some water, but Minnesota's advantage that year in Revenue was all due to gate revenue. Calgary actually had a higher amount of non-gate revenue. I'm sure that Calgary's advantage over Minnesota is much higher now due to a Cdn dollar that has gone from 1.32 ->1.12 in that time, a booming economy, much higher interest and a much better team.