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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Having seen the storied Seattle Supersonics become the Oklahoma City Thunder, I don't think it's crazy to think the Flames could move without a new Arena. However I'm confident an arena deal will get done so it's a moot point.
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I think we need to drop this comparison. A quick browse of Wikipedia gives you the deatils that are far different than here:
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From 2001 to 2006, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was the majority owner of the team, along with 58 partners or minor owners, as part of the Basketball Club of Seattle LLP. On July 18, 2006, Schultz sold the SuperSonics and its sister team, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s Seattle Storm, to the Professional Basketball Club LLC (PBC), a group of businessmen from Oklahoma City for $350 million.[4] The team relocated to Oklahoma City in 2008, and now plays as the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_SuperSonics
They basically bought with the motive to move if they didn't get everything they wanted. They didn't and moved. Calgary has several businessmen who are local, it wouldn't help their business cause at all to move the Flames.