08-21-2013, 09:00 AM
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First Line Centre
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Top 5 NHL Expansion Cities (hint: #1 is not Seattle)
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The only part I disagree with is Houston. Texas already has 7 professional sports teams. Hockey is the least popular of the 7, and an eighth will only crowd the market.
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08-21-2013, 09:03 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: TEXAS!!
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SHUTTUP!!! Houston is the BEST place for an NHL team!!!
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08-21-2013, 09:08 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
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How is Toronto 2 not on that list?
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08-21-2013, 09:11 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Flames fan in Seattle
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Kansas City #1??
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08-21-2013, 09:11 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Abbotsford, BC
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Kansas City? I think hockey would be more feasible in Houston.
All that aside, I think Portland and Seattle should have a team. The amount of support for the Winterhawks is crazy. Whether that transfers to an NHL ream remains to be seen.
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08-21-2013, 09:12 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Austin, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lifetimefan
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The only part I disagree with is Houston. Texas already has 7 professional sports teams. Hockey is the least popular of the 7, and an eighth will only crowd the market.
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7? Astros, Texans, Dynamo, Rockets, ...?
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08-21-2013, 09:13 AM
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Fearmongerer
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Originally Posted by troutman
How is Toronto 2 not on that list?
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$$$$$$$$$$$
It is going to cost a friggin fortune for whoever moves into the Leafs territory.
Probably so much so right now that it isnt feasible.
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08-21-2013, 09:15 AM
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First Line Centre
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The most feasible market in terms of profits predicted has to be Toronto 2/Southern Ontario. MLSE complicates this, unless the league wants to make an issue (and pay).
Houston seems a good option, as it creates a rivalry and has a very large metro area to draw from.
Seattle is a fickle market, I would not want to be backing a team going there...
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08-21-2013, 09:15 AM
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AltaGuy has a magnetic personality and exudes positive energy, which is infectious to those around him. He has an unparalleled ability to communicate with people, whether he is speaking to a room of three or an arena of 30,000.
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Originally Posted by troutman
How is Toronto 2 not on that list?
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Toronto 2 and 3 should be on that list in terms of potential profitability. I still fail to understand how someone hasn't approached MLSE with some type of deal to make MLSE even more money from another team or two.
No one is getting in there without MLSE's blessing, and they'll only give their blessing if they're making more money, so bring em in.
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08-21-2013, 09:16 AM
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by lifetimefan
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The only part I disagree with is Houston. Texas already has 7 professional sports teams. Hockey is the least popular of the 7, and an eighth will only crowd the market.
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Do you have any idea how large Texas is?
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08-21-2013, 09:26 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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Strange Edmonton didn't make the list. They've been waiting years for pro hockey to return.
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08-21-2013, 09:31 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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This response sums up Kansas City's situation.
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7Up_Cherry_Soda says: August 21, 2013 at 2:46 am
As a KC native, I would LOVE to see a team comeback and play within the Sprint Center. Sadly the Sprint Center’s management company, AEG, has stated numerous times that they are not interested in hosting an NBA or NHL team since the arena’s schedule is always booked for other events.
In addition to AEG’s stance on bringing a team to KC, the city government have said that they have no interest in working with the NHL (or NBA) to setup an expansion team in the areana.
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No owner, no government backing, no arena backing means not team.
My favourite's for getting a team are Quebec City, Seattle, S. Ont. and Portland in that order.
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08-21-2013, 09:33 AM
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Franchise Player
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KC has the facility. They are also a city that surprisingly to many has a lot of corporate money. AEG has said a lot of things, but it wasn't a complete bluff that the Penguins were looking at KC and why it forced the hands of the city of Pittsburgh.
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08-21-2013, 09:35 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TurdFerguson
Strange Edmonton didn't make the list. They've been waiting years for pro hockey to return.
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Zing !!
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08-21-2013, 09:39 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
7? Astros, Texans, Dynamo, Rockets, ...?
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Cowboys
Texans
Astros
Rangers
Mavericks
Rockets
Spurs
and Stars
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08-21-2013, 09:39 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Austin, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by valo403
Do you have any idea how large Texas is?
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Ah and I thought he was talking about just Houston having 7. However, you are correct that 7 teams in all of Texas isn't really that much. Texas has 26 million residents.
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08-21-2013, 09:43 AM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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They forgot Saskatoon!
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08-21-2013, 09:44 AM
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Scoring Winger
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I figured Quebec would be first on the list. KC was kind of shocking.
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08-21-2013, 09:48 AM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by valo403
Do you have any idea how large Texas is?
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That's like asking, "Do you have any idea how large Canada is?"
Realistically, Texas has 3 urban centers capable of supporting top level pro sports - Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Make no mistake, hockey will forever take a back seat to football, baseball and basketball in Texas.
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08-21-2013, 09:57 AM
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Ate 100 Treadmills
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lifetimefan
That's like asking, "Do you have any idea how large Canada is?"
Realistically, Texas has 3 urban centers capable of supporting top level pro sports - Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.
Make no mistake, hockey will forever take a back seat to football, baseball and basketball in Texas.
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Austin could support a team. They're the largest city in the USA without a sports team right now. Whether they'd go for hockey is another issue.
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