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Originally Posted by monkeyman
I don't think KC is a realistic possibility. Lamar Hunt Jr., the owner of the Kansas City Mavericks, an ECHL team was asked about it. He balked at the $500M expansion fee and indicated they'd need to generate at least 100m in revenue to make NHL hockey work in KC. He didn't think KC would be able to generate that kind of revenue.
I don't think the economics of the Flames moving would be much different than that of an expansion team. Also, the Spirit Centre is pretty busy and there's no way the Flames would have the control or get the sweetheart deal they get at the dome.
The Flame aren't moving. It's just not going to happen.
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Thanks I hadn't heard that. The Hunts may not want to spend that much on an expansion team but buying an established good team may be a different question. I'm mostly looking at the Hunts being big sports investors and us moving our ECHL franchise to Kansas City.
Of course this may be just another orchestrated move by King to put pressure on Flames fans even as you say, there is nothing to it.