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Anchorage, Columbia , Tallahassee, Richmond, Baton Rouge, Jackson, Little Rock.
 
PistolPete said:
Halifax would be awesome. An east coast team!

Alas, it may be even too small for our little CFL.

But the area is absolutely fantastic. I loved it so much I'll be heading out for a second time this summer. Sorry Yanks, that exchange rate is too big for my wallet!
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I think it's best comparison would be Winnipeg right, with a smaller immediate metro but larger fan base within a 3-hour drive. (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, All of the island of Nova Scotia.) If you consider the 1 million plus population within that drive time in those three Providences plus Newfoundland. It does have potential as a niche market like, imo, Winnipeg.

I don't think the CFL gets the support NHL does or would in that area. It's even got higher seating requirements than the NHL and... idk, Funding for a proper arena for an NHL team imo, would 'somehow' be found vs finding the funds for a CFL arena/stadium that's larger and of less interest/money.
 
Snuggs said:
I think it's best comparison would be Winnipeg right, with a smaller immediate metro but larger fan base within a 3-hour drive. (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, All of the island of Nova Scotia.) If you consider the 1 million plus population within that drive time in those three Providences plus Newfoundland. It does have potential as a niche market like, imo, Winnipeg.

I don't think the CFL gets the support NHL does or would in that area. It's even got higher seating requirements than the NHL and... idk, Funding for a proper arena for an NHL team imo, would 'somehow' be found vs finding the funds for a CFL arena/stadium that's larger and of less interest/money.
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Halifax is half the size of Winnipeg.

There are half a dozen cities or more in Ontario bigger than Halifax.

Mosaic Stadium in Regina (pop. 250Kish) seats 30K. Problem is they've historically struggled financially despite incredible passion and supoort).

I've come across info that stated teams have to have a large population density within a half hour of their stadium to he feasible for NHL, NBA, and MLB because they play so many games.

Football games are not only once a week but 9 per season total.

Halifax would be nice but the population just isn't there.
 
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Moscow or St Petersburg.
Both cities have a lot of money, more than any other Europe city. A lot of bad and good noise, all the hype would going to hockey again, every hater of Russia would watch the games to root against them. On the other hand it would help to start to normalize civil relationships, not only trading partnerships that already started to normalize.
 
Guadana said:
Moscow or St Petersburg.
Both cities have a lot of money, more than any other Europe city. A lot of bad and good noise, all the hype would going to hockey again, every hater of Russia would watch the games to root against them. On the other hand it would help to start to normalize civil relationships, not only trading partnerships that already started to normalize.
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Never Russia
 
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PistolPete said:
Halifax is half the size of Winnipeg.

There are half a dozen cities or more in Ontario bigger than Halifax.

Mosaic Stadium in Regina (pop. 250Kish) seats 30K. Problem is they've historically struggled financially despite incredible passion and supoort).

I've come across info that stated teams have to have a large population density within a half hour of their stadium to he feasible for NHL, NBA, and MLB because they play so many games.

Football games are not only once a week but 9 per season total.

Halifax would be nice but the population just isn't there.
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Apples and Oranges. Disingenuous to compare population then mention a stadium that's bigger than the biggest NHL arena. You'd build what, a 16-15k arena max at a venue like Halifax for a professional team in this case.

Again, as an American, outside looking in, I'm not pumped to see another Ontario team for their fans to turn on. I'd rather see the Maritime Providences get represented through Halifax vs watching Hamilton become and do think it could be profitable. * Key thing ALWAYS though is it the most profitable, meh... you're pointing out pretty clearly nah... It's prolyl why the Jets will move within 5 years. Ownership already sees more dollar sign somewhere else. (Houston)🤔;)

The half hour thing is a solid concern which I didn't actually know and puts kinks into a lot of names mentioned. I was definitely taking into account the whole island mostly plus two other Providences which aren't 30 minutes away but also require planning. You've been, so you know the Island is very travelable compared to like Manitoba/Saskatchewan which, are just vast outside of any city/town.

I think it'd work but you're pointing out a really solid fact that... it is small, and soooooooooo many other places could make MORE MONEY even if they held their own as a profitable franchise.

The first few cities from the States I mentioned though blast Halifax out of the water for sure, no way owners would vote Halifax in over the others.
 
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Guadana said:
Your never will end. Sooner than you would like.
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I think Russia has too much corruption for any league to move there.

And it's not that irresistible a market; yeah, population in excess of 125M but aging and decling and it's economy is the same size as Spain, which is about 1/3 the population of Russia.
 
PistolPete said:
I think Russia has too much corruption for any league to move there.

And it's not that irresistible a market; yeah, population in excess of 125M but aging and decling and it's economy is the same size as Spain, which is about 1/3 the population of Russia.
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Thanks for the narratives but modern situation is showing that in real life it's quite different. Moscow has 14 mil people with the economic of average Euro country.
And if corruption is so bad it would be interesting how Moscow could modernize itself so much.
Population is 145mil+ btw. Real life is quite different than Red Alert 2.

At least it's not that hard to understand where people are coming with this.

I guess NHL should stop to market the sport in US because every city is looking like some street of Philadelphia, population is decline because it's not so good for population when the brother is loving his sister, living in the trailer park and shooting each other. If he wasn't going on another fortune ride to some oil country(BTW I don't think so. But its not that hard to compilate some fun false takes}.
 
Snuggs said:
Apples and Oranges. Disingenuous to compare population then mention a stadium that's bigger than the biggest NHL arena. You'd build what, a 16-15k arena max at a venue like Halifax for a professional team in this case.

Again, as an American, outside looking in, I'm not pumped to see another Ontario team for their fans to turn on. I'd rather see the Maritime Providences get represented through Halifax vs watching Hamilton become and do think it could be profitable. * Key thing ALWAYS though is it the most profitable, meh... you're pointing out pretty clearly nah... It's prolyl why the Jets will move within 5 years. Ownership already sees more dollar sign somewhere else. (Houston)🤔;)

The half hour thing is a solid concern which I didn't actually know and puts kinks into a lot of names mentioned. I was definitely taking into account the whole island mostly plus two other Providences which aren't 30 minutes away but also require planning. You've been, so you know the Island is very travelable compared to like Manitoba/Saskatchewan which, are just vast outside of any city/town.

I think it'd work but you're pointing out a really solid fact that... it is small, and soooooooooo many other places could make MORE MONEY even if they held their own as a profitable franchise.
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Wow. I completely misread your original post regarding the CFL/stadium. Got distracted by my wife calling me every two 2 mins to help her with something I guess. So let's disregard the first part of my last post, shall we? Lol

Truth be told, as far as viable options go in terms of economics, I would love to see Hamilton get a team. It's a nice city (reminds me of Ottawa in many ways) and has a completely separate identity from Toronto (NLL team name notwithstanding)

I've always thought it would be cool of there were multiple tiers of pro leagues like football in the European countries (even without the relegation system) and then all of teams compete for the Stanley Cup (akin to the FA Cup on England).

Even if only in the early rounds it'd be cool to see the Halifax Schooners vs the New York Rangers.
 
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Burlington, VT. What a winter vacation that would be. NHL game, Lake Champlain, and skiing nearby.

I'd say Lake Placid, but it's way way too small for NHL hockey, whereas Burlington is merely way too small.
 
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zenator said:
Burlington, VT. What a winter vacation that would be. NHL game, Lake Champlain, and skiing nearby.

I'd say Lake Placid, but it's way way too small for NHL hockey, whereas Burlington is merely way too small.
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Vermont Vermins
Burlington Burly Bastards
Burlington Coat Factory
 
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mm11 said:
Jacksonville, FL
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In keeping with the alliteration theme I propose

Jacksonville Jackals
Jacksonville Jack Rabbits

Seems central and north Florida are popular choices.

I think it would be cool if TB, Orlando and Jacksonville had teams
 
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A team living and playing on a refurbished tanker might be interesting.

The ice is definitely tilted tonight...
 
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