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Originally Posted by Wormius
Why would the NHL even care? It’s revenue doesn’t change because of the arena, does it?
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The NHL absolutely does care - a lot. Aside from the Flames theoretically gaining more money from the revenue the new arena can bring compared to their current one (thus increasing league revenue as a whole which does effect the cap), the value of the franchise will increase substantially. Having NHL teams franchise values increase, would increase the leakage average in general. When it comes to selling teams to prospective owners, expansion/relocation fees, I imagine that figure is fairly important.
I would think that league wide franchise value average, and TV deals are the biggest indicators on how successful a league is doing.