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Originally Posted by Beninho
I haven't been intently following this issue as some others here mostly because I live in Victoria but I agree with the above poster who said that many ther NHL teams would love to be in Calgary and I have no idea why any would want to be in Seattle. Mariners games are empty and their basketball team never sold out. Good luck Flames if that's your next move, will regret it. Can't say I'll cheer for another team, just will hold out like Jets fans did. Sad this has put a damper on the start of a promising season
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Same arena costs but with an NHL and NBA team to split tenancy, plus the possibility of having bigger concerts, plus not having an outdated and expensive to maintain building. All that with the added benefit of a population three times the size.
Profit wise it's a WAY better situation.