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Originally Posted by troutman
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Anywhere further from Toronto than KW and you lose all but the very hardcore fans from the GTA. Oakville and Burlington may work. Milton, Kitchener and Hamilton are all not on the regular Go Train service so I have my doubts.
If you put a team in London or greater KW area you have a population of about 1.5 million (excluding places like Milton, Halton Hills etc. which may make the trek) and would probably need to play games in both places somehow. You would need two brand new (or heavily renovated) arenas.
There would need to be some sort of transportation offer likely to allow KW fans better access to London and vise-versa, though the 401 does get less busy once you hit KW and headed to London.
edit: good point above on the beer sales, so yeah, would definitely need some sort of transit between the two markets. Either way, very unlikely to happen. Many US fans can barely find Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Edmonton on a map and you want them to know where KW/London is? I always have to explain that it is two hours from Detroit/Buffalo and Toronto.