The joke, of course, is that "At last! Toronto gets a pro hockey team!" As for Las Vegas, I think it makes more sense as a home for a hockey team than a lot of southern US cities.
As for Vegas, I'm going to borrow someone else's thought on this; with the weird service economy that Vegas has, is there the potential of a steady fanbase that can support a team year round for all those 7 PM games?
Four teams by 3 years seems like a stretch - they'd be better off going with just QC and SEA. I wonder where the Toronto New Leafs are going to play - guess it works for 3 teams to share an arena in the Staples center, so maybe the Raptors move to Montreal? Team in Vegas is stupid.
I thought Kansas City was pretty desperate to get an NHL team; wonder what happened there, other than being Kansas City.
How do you just add another franchise into a city like Toronto with an established base? I mean the Mets were a proxy, I assume, for Giants and Dodgers fans who couldn't switch loyalties to the Yankees for all of the compelling moral reasons. But you couldn't really add a second MLB team in, say, Boston these days and expect to get much traction. You couldn't add a third team in Chicago.
The joke, of course, is that "At last! Toronto gets a pro hockey team!" As for Las Vegas, I think it makes more sense as a home for a hockey team than a lot of southern US cities.
ReplyDeleteSo when does Calgary get a pro team?
ReplyDeleteAs for Vegas, I'm going to borrow someone else's thought on this; with the weird service economy that Vegas has, is there the potential of a steady fanbase that can support a team year round for all those 7 PM games?
That was way harsh, Tai.
ReplyDelete(Although, frankly, the only hockey game in Calgary each season that I care about is when the Bruins come to town.)
I'm sure part of the model would be that casinos would buy many of the tickets and use them as comps/incentives for high rollers.
ReplyDeleteFour teams by 3 years seems like a stretch - they'd be better off going with just QC and SEA. I wonder where the Toronto New Leafs are going to play - guess it works for 3 teams to share an arena in the Staples center, so maybe the Raptors move to Montreal? Team in Vegas is stupid.
ReplyDeleteI thought Kansas City was pretty desperate to get an NHL team; wonder what happened there, other than being Kansas City.
How do you just add another franchise into a city like Toronto with an established base? I mean the Mets were a proxy, I assume, for Giants and Dodgers fans who couldn't switch loyalties to the Yankees for all of the compelling moral reasons. But you couldn't really add a second MLB team in, say, Boston these days and expect to get much traction. You couldn't add a third team in Chicago.
ReplyDeleteBut doesn't that highlight how Vegas has to import most if not all agricultural products?
ReplyDeleteCan't we just combine the terrible Cubs and Sox?
ReplyDeleteThe Cox?
ReplyDeleteThe Subs?
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