2028 World Cup of Hockey Host City Search

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Eric Vail

The NHL will want to grow the game and have maximum exposure in big markets. Calgary won't be in consideration. I'd guess a big US city like New York, Chicago, or L.A.. In Europe, I think a factor will be the disposable income of the locals. Czech is a poorer European country which would hurt their chances. Sweden, Finland or Germany seem more likely.

The US is already really unstable politically though, and there's a good chance it will be much worse in two years. Canada is a much, much safer bet.

[Coach]

It would be the most Calgary thing ever to pass on the Olympics only to beg for a World Cup of Hockey.

[PeteMoss]

Is the expectation that non-NHL leagues will let their players go for this? I don't think they can fill 8 teams with just NHL players (unless 4 are from Canada)

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by PeteMoss

Is the expectation that non-NHL leagues will let their players go for this? I don't think they can fill 8 teams with just NHL players (unless 4 are from Canada)

Would probably depend on the IIHF yeah?

[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Coach

It would be the most Calgary thing ever to pass on the Olympics only to beg for a World Cup of Hockey.

Well.. World Cup of Hockey is easy enough given they are building an arena is already being built. Olympics is a lot larger.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Coach

It would be the most Calgary thing ever to pass on the Olympics only to beg for a World Cup of Hockey.

Why? Hockey is 1 sport. Olympics is like eleventy billion.

[Itse]

Exactly. What makes the Olympics so crazy expensive to host is the massive amount of sites you need to build and/or renovate, and that's not counting all the infrastructure you need to create to host all the athletes, coaches+other staff, press and tourists.

If Calgary and Edmonton host it together, all you need to add is the red carpet.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Itse

Exactly. What makes the Olympics so crazy expensive to host is the massive amount of sites you need to build and/or renovate, and that's not counting all the infrastructure you need to create to host all the athletes, coaches+other staff, press and tourists.

If Calgary and Edmonton host it together, all you need to add is the red carpet.

Not just crazy expensive to host, but expensive to bid on with actually getting them being far from a guarantee. Calgary could have bid on them and we'd still be watching them in Milan. Some countries spend $50-100 million on the bid alone and get nothing. People talk like Calgary missed out by not bidding, but IMO it was putting a lot of money on a gamble with a less that 50% chance of being successful.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Not just crazy expensive to host, but expensive to bid on with actually getting them being far from a guarantee. Calgary could have bid on them and we'd still be watching them in Milan. Some countries spend $50-100 million on the bid alone and get nothing. People talk like Calgary missed out by not bidding, but IMO it was putting a lot of money on a gamble with a less that 50% chance of being successful.

Not to mention, wasn't a new area NOT part of the potential bed? Or am I misremembering

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Do you think we'd get a draft or all star game before 32?

Not likely.

Alberta isn’t a destination and isn’t likely to host anything. Was a good carrot for public money and a stadium though.

[shutout]

Have to think that Calgary is one of the top three to be considered.
NHL has to give something back to the city for going through with the new building.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by shutout

Have to think that Calgary is one of the top three to be considered.
NHL has to give something back to the city for going through with the new building.

Yeah, a first overall pick.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Not to mention, wasn't a new area NOT part of the potential bed? Or am I misremembering

I don't recall 100%, but I thought it included a cheaper less frilly stripped down arena. The total cost for everything to host would have been an estimated $5-6 billion.

A new state of the art arena and events center at ~20% the cost is a better investment than hosting the Olympics IMO. I get some of the concern over using public money to assist billionaire owners for an arena, but at least the new arena will have more utility for a larger number of citizens than a one-time Olympics with left over equipment most people will never use.

[BigThief]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Not likely.

Alberta isn’t a destination and isn’t likely to host anything. Was a good carrot for public money and a stadium though.

lmao the draft or the All-Star game? lol those are NHL events my man, they're not that difficult to get. The draft is in Buffalo this summer, the Islanders are hosting the All-Star game in 2027. A team basically has to show interest and they'll get it either. Edmonton is still developing the ice district with an approval last summer to do something with the plot of last directly east of the arena. if everything was ready to go when the arean opened and they wanted either they would have got them.

You're acting like the NHL draft is the World Cup or something

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Weitz

Not likely.

Alberta isn’t a destination and isn’t likely to host anything. Was a good carrot for public money and a stadium though.

Cities with new arenas or teams almost always get some event.

[Weitz]

I meant specifically the draft and all star game. It was a carrot used in Edmonton for public money and it’s been 10 years with neither on the horizon and specifically the all star game being all but told it won’t happen.

World Cup or other events are definitely different.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Weitz

I meant specifically the draft and all star game. It was a carrot used in Edmonton for public money and it’s been 10 years with neither on the horizon and specifically the all star game being all but told it won’t happen.

World Cup or other events are definitely different.

The upcoming draft is in the tourist mecca of Buffalo.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Locke

Why? Hockey is 1 sport. Olympics is like eleventy billion.

Because it's the discount version of what we should really have.

It's a 2-bedroom condo in Arizona. It's never doing anything interesting with infrastructure. The perfect meeting of not wanting to spend money, doing something second rate, and trying to convince everyone this is just as good. It's Calgary in a nutshell.

[scotty2hotty]

My dream schedule:

- World Cup featuring NHL players every 4 years (between Olympics)
- Olympics with any players not on an active NHL roster
- All Star game (and NHL fan festival) is mid-September prior to start of season
- One Winter Classic game on New Years Day

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by Coach

It would be the most Calgary thing ever to pass on the Olympics only to beg for a World Cup of Hockey.

While still paying for the arena the feds would have largely funded