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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
They would be costing themselves hundreds of millions in lost potential profit over several years.
There's no way Seattle's or Quebec's market would come close to Calgary's.
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Two things:
1) a sweet arena deal can go a long way to covering any difference in gate revenues between Calgary and Quebec, and
2) By selling, they realize their value in the team and can re-invest the money anywhere.
They would not
lose anything, never mind hundreds of millions of dollars.