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Originally Posted by New Era
Yup, you'd be laughing all right. Laughing without a NHL team and not another one on the horizon. How exactly would the ownership lose hundreds of millions of dollars? And what makes Calgary a better market than Seattle anyway? I'd imagine the owners would love to get a 35% boost just from the dollar alone. I think you are grossly underestimating the Seattle market and over-estimating the Calgary market.
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Seattle will have at least three, possibly four pro teams who will be more popular than an NHL team (don't underestimate the Sounders), and UW football has an elite coach and was just in the playoff. Seattle is not LA or NY or Chicago, there's only so much sports dollar to go around, and there's also more entertainment options besides sports in Seattle than there is in Calgary. The NHL team would need to be really good, really fast to not become a total afterthought in that market.
Also have to fight hard for corporate dollars. In Calgary, no offense to the Stamps, the Flames have no competition. I think you're confusing me thinking Seattle is a terrible market. Seattle is simply not a better market for an NHL team than Calgary by any objective analysis. Seattle as a market probably won't be awful like say Phoenix or Raleigh, but if everything were equal as an owner you'd much rather have an NHL team in Calgary than Seattle. You will make more money, possibly by far.