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Originally Posted by ST20
My point is winning is a major factor in being a desirable city for players in response to another post about winning may not be that important. Pittsburgh is not a conventionally desirable city and they succeeded because of having stars and winning. When they didn’t have a star they almost relocated (which has happened multiple times in their history). I was wrong about the folding piece and says as much so I’m not sure why you’re focused on the bankruptcy part.
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That’s not what happened. They had a star - Jaromir Jagr - the leading scorer in the league when they “almost relocated”. And they “almost relocated” when they were winning- getting to the third round. It had only been 6 years since they won the cup when they “almost relocated”.
The only other possible relocations of the Pens was in 1978(again due to potential bankruptcy) and 2005 (after they had Sid) because Mario wanted a new arena and the city wasn’t cooperating.
And the only time attendance really dipped in Pittsburgh was (a) when they were in the bankruptcy in 1998 and (b) when they tanked to get Sid. In 3/04 they were under 12K per game.