MOD EDIT: Could an NHL Team proactively choose to operate in 2 cities?
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only if Vegas can have 500 million in cap space today....
(the answer is apparently yes)
(the answer is apparently yes)
thekernel
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Oh sure, happens all the time. The Kanata Senators, the Glendale Coyotes, the Raleigh-Durham Hurricanes...
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Proactively? I doubt it.
Reactively? We'll see.
Reactively? We'll see.
Like with an AHL affiliate or several arenas? I mean, the Kings are basically the home team in Anaheim. 
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Do you know what would be a better title than "Hypothetical question"?
Literally this. I'm going to change it but please in the future consider your audience who doesn't want to have to open a thread just to see what you want to discuss.
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Not really.....they are only operating in one city. The Senators used to operate in the City of Kanata, but didn't operate in Ottawa, so only one city....but Kanata has been a suburb of Ottawa since 2001 (no longer a separate city).
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Teams already operate in many cities, man, road games!
Beyond that.. there’s no reason why this would ever happen. Having two 15,000 seat stadiums but a team that’s gotta split time to get enough fans.. wouldn’t make sense even as a hypothetical scenario.
Beyond that.. there’s no reason why this would ever happen. Having two 15,000 seat stadiums but a team that’s gotta split time to get enough fans.. wouldn’t make sense even as a hypothetical scenario.
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Meaning say, the Minnesota Wild play half games at Xcel Energy Center and the other half at Target Center?
If that's what you are asking, then no.
If that's what you are asking, then no.
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PA would never allow it. Would the players and their families keep a separate home in each city?
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For the young 'uns in the crowd, perhaps the OP is referring to the two seasons where the Montreal Expos played a portion of their home games in Puerto Rico.
2003 Montreal Expos season - Wikipedia
It worked out well for them, in that they moved to Washington and MLB is almost certainly never returning to Montreal on a full-time basis.
I don’t think it would really work. The NBA Kings played a number of games in Omaha (15, 14 and 11) starting in 1972 because the new Kemper Arena wasn’t built and the other one had commitments. Omaha had 11 Cincinnati Royals (I.e Kings) games in 1968 and averaged 5,000 which was 13th out of 17th in attendance . Omaha was 41st in population size. Afterwards the Kansas City-Omaha Kings dropped the Omaha but the Kings played 6 more games over 3 years in Omaha
For those like me unsure of distances in the American Midwest, Omaha is about 190 away from Kansas City. In 1985 the Kings moved to Sacramento, California
For those like me unsure of distances in the American Midwest, Omaha is about 190 away from Kansas City. In 1985 the Kings moved to Sacramento, California
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All that'd do is significant increase operating costs and require players to establish residences in two cities, which I'm sure would not be a popular thing for free agents.
That being said, I do think it'd make sense for some teams to establish a once-a-season alternate home city to expand their respective footprints. So, if Chicago played a home game every season in Milwaukee or Indianapolis, or St. Louis in Kansas City, or Nashville in Memphis or Louisville, or Montreal in Quebec City, etc, etc.
That being said, I do think it'd make sense for some teams to establish a once-a-season alternate home city to expand their respective footprints. So, if Chicago played a home game every season in Milwaukee or Indianapolis, or St. Louis in Kansas City, or Nashville in Memphis or Louisville, or Montreal in Quebec City, etc, etc.
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I had season tickets that season. You couldn’t give away those tickets to Barclays if you tried. Arena was terrible and an awful decision by the franchise.
Where I am going with this - could a really rich team like Toronto play out of Toronto and a warm climate state like Florida or Arizona.
This whole living in a warm climate is a huge factor with free agents and the whole tax benefits.
Toronto will sell out with amount of snow bird fans we have.
Is there any rule stopping us from doing this?
This whole living in a warm climate is a huge factor with free agents and the whole tax benefits.
Toronto will sell out with amount of snow bird fans we have.
Is there any rule stopping us from doing this?
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Next time, you should start with "hey, should we move the Maple Leafs out of Toronto for half of the season?"
You'd be a big star around here.
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I actually think this is a positive for the players. One city for the wife and one for the side piece / 2nd family
