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Originally Posted by NiklasSundblad
For the Flames to move to Seattle the NHL would have to be willing to leave a top ten market, as well as give up 500 million is free cash as they loose an expansion market, or a relocation market as Arizona, Florida and Carolina absolutely flounder financially. This is on top of walking away from their TV deal with Rogers, and giving up all the revenue the new arena would bring in in Calgary, such as naming rights. If this is worth not swallowing their pride because Calgary Next was "mocked and ridiculed," then best of luck to them. There is no situation that realistically exists where the team is better off financially than if they just took the deal currently on the table.
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Calgary is not a top ten market without a new arena. The Flames could move to Seattle, pay the relocation fee. Once the city of Calgary wakes up and builds a new arena on their own dime, a group will surface willing to pay for an expansion team or have another team relocate back to Calgary.
I doubt the TV deal that Rogers sign has any out clause. It's only a 12 year deal. If the Flames move it might not be until that is deal done or basically done anyway. It's a non-factor. The naming rights for the new arena would probably fall in the $5-$10 million/yr range. This isn't Toronto, they are not getting anything close to that deal.