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hockster
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 Posted - 06/30/2009 : 01:50:23
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Poll Question:
If the economy gets better and there is a need for expansion or relocation where do you think it would be best to move?
Iginla for 2010 team captain.
Flames for cup...eventually.
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JOSHUACANADA
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 10:56:55
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| This is a better question, than the posting opinions of the legal tactics of Basillie or other interested parties. I for one voted Winnipeg but could have voted for multiple locations, as there are a few candidates that are worthy. |
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hockster
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Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 12:22:55
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If you look at Dallas they have a good fan base and are in the land of no hockey. They single handedly brought hockey there. Dallas has a strong minor hockey program with teams that come up to Canada and actually do average. With this said you can bring a sport to a place and make it popular if the city is big enough.
Thats why I could see a team in Houston. Its a massive city where you could bring a sport like hockey and make a fanbase. They already have an AHL team that makes a bit of money and draws abotu 5000 fans and that is huge for an AHL team.
I just feel if you implant hockey into an area where it might normally not be you can not just make money but you can grow the sport, look at Dallas, the Californian teams, and Tampa they all averaged over 16000 fans.
Iginla for 2010 team captain.
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JOSHUACANADA
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 12:28:00
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| Houston at least has a growing population of landed residents. Pheonix is the home of snowbirds and retired pensioner's looking to live cheap. I could see a team in Houston. By the way Texas does have a legitimate winter, with snow in some parts, unlike Arizona. |
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Rambo2305
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 12:33:18
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If Seattle got one, it would steal a fan base from the Canucks, pretty much what Hamilton would do to Buffalo...
Josh, Houston would be a solid choice come to think of it. Not to mention, Texans would love people shooting stuff, I mean pretty much everyone in Houston is cocked and loaded these days! lol but jokes aside, they would have a solid market considering how much support Dallas gets. Look at the rivalry between the Mavs and Rockets down there...
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JOSHUACANADA
PickupHockey Veteran
Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 12:39:09
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| Rambo, I would think Seattle would create a rivalry, not steal a fan base. The NHL could use a west coast rivalry in a hockey market that mattered. Seattle still not a likely location though. Not enough of a population and no demand from that market for a team. |
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hockster
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Canada
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 22:05:40
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Originally posted by JOSHUACANADA
Rambo, I would think Seattle would create a rivalry, not steal a fan base. The NHL could use a west coast rivalry in a hockey market that mattered. Seattle still not a likely location though. Not enough of a population and no demand from that market for a team.
Yeah I totally agree. I am pretty sure not too many fans cross the border just to see a game. It would create a good rivalry as long as they didn't have fans like NYI, Phoenix, or Colorado, and end up going belly up.
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 05:57:58
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My choices for what I think would be the best choices for the NHL, in terms of satisfying a fan base, ticket sales, and revenue generated. These cities would, in my best possible scenario, get the teams from Phoenix, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville.
1) A second team in Toronto
2) Winnipeg
3) Kitchener-Waterloo
4) Halifax
Obviously, I am dreaming, but you asked, so . . .
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hockster
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Canada
437 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2009 : 09:26:33
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Originally posted by slozo
My choices for what I think would be the best choices for the NHL, in terms of satisfying a fan base, ticket sales, and revenue generated. These cities would, in my best possible scenario, get the teams from Phoenix, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville.
1) A second team in Toronto
2) Winnipeg
3) Kitchener-Waterloo
4) Halifax
Obviously, I am dreaming, but you asked, so . . .
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
Maybe a second team in Toronto but the others would have to small of a fan base because of their smaller populations.
Iginla for 2010 team captain.
Flames for cup...eventually. |
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Rambo2305
PickupHockey Pro
Canada
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Posted - 07/03/2009 : 05:32:11
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Originally posted by hockster
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Originally posted by slozo
My choices for what I think would be the best choices for the NHL, in terms of satisfying a fan base, ticket sales, and revenue generated. These cities would, in my best possible scenario, get the teams from Phoenix, Miami, Atlanta, Nashville.
1) A second team in Toronto
2) Winnipeg
3) Kitchener-Waterloo
4) Halifax
Obviously, I am dreaming, but you asked, so . . .
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
Maybe a second team in Toronto but the others would have to small of a fan base because of their smaller populations.
Iginla for 2010 team captain.
Flames for cup...eventually.
Not just because I'm a proud Torontonian, but a 2nd team in T.O. would strive. Get a North side vs. South side battle going. A "subway series" of hockey! lol
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