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Old 12-26-2023, 02:59 PM   #2124
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Originally Posted by troutman View Post
Phoenix is 10th largest metro population. City population does not mean much.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrop...atistical_area
Cold hard population numbers are only one part of the demographic equation. If that is all it took, Atlanta would have been a successful market and Charlotte would have an NHL alongside Raleigh. The NHL has been trying really hard to reach out to different demographics, but I am not sure how successful they have been.
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