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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Saint Paul.
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The Wild's arena is 15 minutes away from the Timberwolves arena (which is right beside the Twins stadium; and Vikings stadium is a few blocks closer to St Paul)
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
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.
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SAP to Oracle is 45 mins. The football stadium is now more in San Jose than San Fran, but ~9 Sunday afternoons is really apples to elephants. Fair point when it comes to media hierarchy, but the gates would be mostly mutually exclusive.
It is kinda interesting that for the first ~20 years of the Sharks existence the Warriors were pretty much abysmal - 1 playoff appearance from 1995 to 2012. The Sharks best ~4 year span was right at the end of their long run, and coincided wit the Warriors making 5 straight finals (winning 3).