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Old 10-11-2018, 08:25 PM   #460
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Originally Posted by Textcritic View Post
(And while the Jets are a hot ticket now, the size of the MTS Centre potentially creates problems for the team in the future when they will inevitably cycle into another rebuild: if the arena is not operating at capacity, the team cannot draw enough revenue to survive.)
Ok, so by this, do you mean to say that owning an NHL team, owning (or having sole rights to operate) the arena, and getting somewhere between most and all of the revenue streams related to the venue is a net negative business? If that's the case, which I highly doubt, considering the continued existence of teams like the Panthers and Coyotes, then the NHL should come out and prove it!

The owners of all 31 teams should make their books public, and show the haves and the have-nots. They should prove to us that they are actually providing this public service of uniting most of a city behind a common banner, giving everyone 2-4 nights a week of fun emotional release (for the price of a ticket, or overpriced cable package), and that the teams all require wealthy owners because it is truly a net negative enterprise, unless (or even if) we pay for the majority of their venues once every ~30 years (so once a year across the league, on average).

While you were referring only to the Winnipeg Jets, North American major sports are generally designed for individual teams to succeed and fail in cyclical fashion, with the draft system as it is. If over the course of a rise-and-fall cycle, it's a net negative, then they're at a deficit, and should say so! Since they don't say that, forgive me for not being able to believe that for a single fricking second!
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