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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Silicon Valley is not generally considered part of SF or Oakland but they are close together obviously. I wouldn’t consider those teams to belong to San Jose.
I don’t know if NHL does well in true one sport towns, Canadian markets aside? Columbus?
As for the Coyotes, they leak info about a closing in on a site to try and defuse difficult conversations at the BOG meeting. And silence since.
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They’re part of the Bay Area, which was served by all of those teams (RIP Raiders and A’s). They aren’t “theirs” like the Sharks are, but I wouldn’t call it a market underserved by pro sports at all. I could drive to a 49ers game from SAP faster than I could drive to a Flames game from my house in Calgary. It’s a few kilometres further than the distance between the Saddledome and McMahon.
You’re more likely to run into a Giants, 49ers, or Warriors fan than a Sharks fan in San Jose. But, at the same time, you’re more likely to run into a Sharks fan in San Jose than anywhere else in the Bay Area, so there is that.
Vegas is a valid example, though. Nashville is debatable.