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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
How?
Their ticket prices would have to be in the lower end of the NHL average to draw. Their local TV rights have no value as they would be beholding to the Laffs. Radio rights are worthless.
If they play out of Scotiabank arena then
-The suite license fees go to MLSE, so they only get ticket revenue on that.
-No arena naming revenue.
-Seat license fees go to MLSE.
-Concession sales go to MLSE.
This is a Maple Leafs town going on FIVE generations.
The population is here. The money is here. The hockey fan here is not interested in another team.
I think the only reason Bettman doesn't outright say that the NHL is done expanding is to keep franchise values up.
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Tickets could be half of leaf's and still not be at the bottom of the league. This data is a few years old but the leafs were almost double league average.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-team-in-2010/
Local TV and radio rights would absolutely have value - they're hockey in Canada. They would have way more value than many sunbelt teams.
I assumed MLSE would own the team, but even if not the MLSE seat licenses are team specific. Existing PSL holders wouldn't necessarily get the new tickets. Selling new PSLs in a paid for arena could be hugely profitable.