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Originally Posted by cznTiburon
I know people are saying bring it to Calgary but I don't see that happening with the flames owning the hitmen. There also isn't any proximity to other teams and I dont know how much they would love chartering the players around on planes. If they did bring the heat north it would be cool to try and get some roots in Saskatoon. I know they have whl but I think Sask could really get behind a pro team. When was the last time an AHL affiliate of the flames had a decent fan base? They haven't in recent memory
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Saskatoon would work except they have the Blades. One thing about Airdrie is proximity to the airport - they could maybe fly commercial.
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Originally Posted by getbak
They just need to build an 8K arena for them to play in. I don't understand how a city with more than 60,000 people doesn't have an arena that holds more than 500 people.
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I suppose the arena is chicken and egg. They’ve never had a team above midget AAA I think, so not enough to rate an good arena. But if they built it, they could also add other sports, maybe the women’s league if they get going again, or lacrosse. They could get some smaller concerts. You could even put it near Cross Iron, to get proximity to a sort of entertainment and food area. Consistent 8K would put them right at the top of the AHL in attendance. Only Hershey gets above 10K. It would be double or triple their present attendance.