Yup. Because it was just those few spots that will make the difference. Everyone who said that Arizona would ultimately fail despite it's population, media market, corporate money, whatever, turns out we were right. We were also right about Atlanta 2.0. Guess we'll see about Atlanta 3.0, but I have confidence that we'll be right as well because it's not always the case that the third time is the charm.This ain't the Atlanta of '99 or 2011.
Atlanta is now the 6th biggest metro area in the U.S. and the state has gone from 13th in GDP to 8th since the Thrashers have left. Atlanta is now the 18th largest city economy in the entire world. And Krause is putting a team/arena not the city, but where all the money is.
You're crazy if you don't think this isn't still printing money a decade from now. Cast your aspersions elsewhere but Atlanta 3.0 ain't the target. We're about to knock it out of the park and the entire league is about to reap the benefits in the way of major sponsors.