Obviously there is going to be a HUGE amount of pressure from pro sports leagues to restart, and with the disproportionate amount of teams in the tire fire to the south, there will be tremendous pressure on Canada to adopt the standards adopted by the Americans.
Knowing what we know now and the massive steps that have been taken thus far to combat this virus, it is difficult for me to imagine where the regulatory threshold to allow multiple 20 000 seat venues to come back online is met. i think it's optimistic to believe 10 months from now there is any pro sport being played.
The longer we go without them, the harder it will be to restart IMO.
I'm not predicting the NHL will go away, but I think a league wide contraction is certainly not out of the realm of possibility in a situation where a team like the florida panthers goes a year without revenue and can't get any profit sharing from the rest of the league.
Arenas and stadiums need anchor tenants to be sure, but I truly wonder how long some of these teams can hold out, even without much in the way of overhead.
IMO, I think it really puts the arena deal in Calgary in jeopardy as well.
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