February 28, 2010
What do you think about this relocation idea?
Patrick-Run For Your Life asked:
Why don’t three failing (finacially) teams play in 3 cities that they could possibly relocate to for 3 Pre-Season games and 5 Regular season games. Doing this could get their feet wet on whether it would be a smart idea to go to that City.
Phoenix- Hamilton, Ontario-Copps Coliseum
New York Islanders-Kansas City, Missouri-Sprint Center
Atlanta Thrashers-Winnipeg, Manitoba-Some Local Arena/Seattle Washington-KeyArena
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Why don’t three failing (finacially) teams play in 3 cities that they could possibly relocate to for 3 Pre-Season games and 5 Regular season games. Doing this could get their feet wet on whether it would be a smart idea to go to that City.
Phoenix- Hamilton, Ontario-Copps Coliseum
New York Islanders-Kansas City, Missouri-Sprint Center
Atlanta Thrashers-Winnipeg, Manitoba-Some Local Arena/Seattle Washington-KeyArena
Atlanta Flat Fee mls
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6:04 pm
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I’m fine with that!
12:10 am
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Wouldn’t work. NHL teams have been playing exhibition games in Winnipeg and Hamilton (and Halifax and Saskatoon) for years and they’ve always sold out. In 1992-93 and 1993-94, the NHL played regular season games at neutral sites and 90% of those games sold out.
It’s actually quite easy to sell out 5 or 6 games (no corporate sponsorship required, generally no taxes, etc)…………it’s a lot harder to sell out 41 and then pay your team’s bills on top of that.
12:22 am
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How about we relocate you to Cuba instead?
This way you can be with your boyfriend Castro forever!
8:03 pm
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Hi
Kinda restating LITY, but what he is saying is filling a rink is not the hard part, paying the bills is. To put a spin on your idea, when are the Lightning moving to Europe, they sold out there.
Thank You