Originally Posted by powderjunkie
On top of simply access, most citizens derive indirect benefits even if they don't use them. One can argue the same for the arena, but I'd say it's a few more degrees of separation for indirect benefits in most cases.
One example in 24 years. And it was a city that had already failed once before.
Meanwhile, ARI, FLA, CAR, NYI, OTT have all had prolonged periods of turmoil...while the usual suspects for relocation QUE, HOU, KC, POR, AUS, TOR2 have all been available to some degree.
21 teams play in buildings built from 1993-2001. Most of the oldest have had significant fairly recent renos (ANA, STL, CHI, VAN, BOS, TBL, NAS, PHI, WAS, TOR).
OTT and SJ are the only teams likely to be playing the new arena game anytime soon (they've both had their first steps).
It might seem like everyone has new arenas, but only DET, VGK, EDM and soon NYI + SEA are particularly recent.
ARI 2003, WPG 2004, NJD 2007, PIT 2010, NYR 2013 reno are the five others.
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