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Old 01-02-2024, 07:38 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
Sounds like someone that wasn't alive in the 80's to see that the Nordiques never played in front of 15,750 capacity crowds regularly. It's a smaller market than Winnipeg and they would have an extremely difficult time filling an arena on a regular basis or attracting players to play in the market. It's why they will never get a team.
Quebec metro is slightly larger than Winnipeg metro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ions_in_Canada

Also, 2.9 M live within 200 km of Quebec, and 1.3 M live within 200 km of Winnipeg.

https://www.maps.ie/population/

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