06-27-2025, 03:38 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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Austin Texas throws hat into NHL expansion ring. Expansion fee hits $2 billion
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/nh...-2-billion-fee
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Four markets were already jockeying in the quest for the next NHL expansion franchise, but a fifth has recently entered the chat.
The conversation on NHL expansion beyond 32 clubs is expected to grow in the coming months with a new Collective Bargaining Agreement announced on Friday, pending expected ratification. The NHL will continue to field expressions of interest from potential markets.
The League, which informed interested parties that the expansion fee is a tidy $2 billion, updated the Board of Governors at their annual June meeting on Wednesday prior to the Draft. The four cities shared with the BOG are Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis and New Orleans.
The fifth one is Austin, Texas, according to sources, and that entry has generated buzz. Not only is it an exploding, affluent market full of transplants with a built-in geographic rival – but it’s also the only one where the NHL can be the first major pro sports league in town, which has been a huge part of their success beating others to the punch in Vegas.
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