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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Ok, so the Flames move to Houston. The Saddledome is empty for five minutes before the Arizona group goes 'we'd like to trade haemorrhaging money in a new building in the league's worst market for not haemorrhaging money in one of the top 10 markets and an old building with a ####ty service elevator'.
And Re: Nenshi. The Flames could have an arena tomorrow if they wanted. They cannot and will not have the entire thing paid for by the city + infrastructure + no property taxes + no lease + future holographic scoreboards etc. Nenshi is not negotiating the deal. He is one vote of a council that voted unanimously against CSEC's proposals.
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Gary Bettman is pretty clear that moving a franchise means moving a franchise to a new city. so if the Flames leave, and someone wants to move a team here the NHL will basically say, new arena first.
Also looking at the Flames valuation from the Forbes article their operating income was only about $5 million dollars which would rank them 21th in the league, and their revenue was about $129 million, which was about 22nd in the league. Lets not have this over inflated opinion about how good of a situation the Flames are in this city.
If the NHL does leave, its unlikely that it comes back without a new building with new revenue streams in place first.