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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
That's what I don't get.
I can understand not moving Arizona (4.5M metro pop) to Quebec City (800k) in terms of overall market size and opportunity.
But there is no argument that would apply to Arizona that wouldn't also apply to Houston (7.0M metro pop) but without the baggage of the 26 previous years.
It's a bigger city with an actual downtown arena that can accommodate hockey.
Maybe Fertitta isn't interested anymore due to COVID, but he has previously stated publicly that his dream was to bring a hockey team to Houston.
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I wonder if the demographics of the two cities might be an explanation as to why the NHL prefers Phoenix over Houston, I believe the visible minority percentage in Houston is much higher than in Phoenix and maybe the league feels that you can't simply look at total population in Houston as a determinant if hockey would work there.