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Originally Posted by Demzy84
I agree. If someone paid $500M for an expansion team, whose not to say Fertitta (Texas born, has had a hand in all teams in Texas at some point) would offer to buy the Flames for ~$600M? Calgary ownership might see this (Make close to $200M based on team value in 2016) as a way to wash their hands of the team seeing as they aren't getting their new arena.
Then you have the Seattle SuperSonics drama all over again in Calgary. Houston owner wants new arena, him and city can't make it work, then he moves team to Houston and his home state (which is even easier since he owns the arena the team will play in)
Seattle I wasn't too concerned with, but with Fertitta's interest in getting an NHL team, the Flames playing in the oldest arena in the NHL and missing out on new revenue streams, could be a recipe for relocation in 5 years.
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Isn't it cheaper to buy and move about 5 other teams before Calgary?