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Originally Posted by Zoller
So if the Flames do end up moving do they go to Houston?
Houston Flames has a pretty good ring to it tbh. Also so much of our oil and gas industry left Alberta for Texas. Seems only fitting our NHL team follows suit.
What are the benefits of Houston? Newer arena I assume? Larger fan base and likely a better TV deal?
Would the owners keep the team and move or would they sell it to a Houston buyer?
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There's no way Houston has a larger NHL fan base or NHL TV market than Calgary. I suppose that, due to its much larger population, it has the potential to one day be a larger NHL market, but that wouldn't happen for decades, if ever (just in time to need a new publicly-funded arena!)