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Originally Posted by blankall
The metro area is about 1.5 million, with people not being as poor as the people around many parts of the city near the downtown area. They do get a lot tourists. Maybe pushing to follow Vegas' model, of propping up ticket sales with tourists?
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That's the only think I can think of as well, but NOLA is nowhere near the same amount of money flowing through it as Vegas. It's a somewhat declining area, with an ever present risk of flooding. It also isn't a very big city and it doesn't really have any connection with hockey.
But then again, this all applies equally to a city like Nashville, and they have a strong hockey market.
So...try it and see if it works. Worst case is you collect the expansion fees and then move the team to a better location.