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Originally Posted by RM14
I don't see the NHL owners giving up the Houston marlet for $60MM. A lot has changed in 10 years with the major succuss of Vegas and Seattle.
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From all I've heard, the league has no plans to expand beyond 32 teams. That partly accounts for the high prices they were able to get from Vegas and Seattle: everybody knew it was the last kick at the expansion can.
If they're not expanding, the only way into the Houston market is by relocation; so the owners are not ‘giving up’ anything. They can only charge whatever relocation fee the market will bear.
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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think I read the next relocation fee will be over $100M.
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Since nobody knows when or where the next relocation will occur, how could they possibly know what the fee will be? It's all idle speculation at this point.