NHL Expansion back on agenda?
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hangman005
It's my first day.
Read the thread and you'll find out.
AtlantaWhaler
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Always cracks me up when someone just reads the title and then asks something like that... on page 32 of the thread.
TheLegend
Hangman's booking agent... he'll do anything.
Always cracks me up when someone just reads the title and then asks something like that... on page 32 of the thread.
Same people who used to drop into the Phoenix/Arizona megathread chapter xxxxx asking the same thing and I wanted to tell then to go back to the first one and catch up.
At least I spared them going through the 23 or so precursor threads.
nhlfan79
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Always cracks me up when someone just reads the title and then asks something like that... on page 32 of the thread.
A *lot* of people on here aren't going to know what to do with themselves when their long-held narratives about Atlanta are absolutely nuked.
I don't get why the NHL won't go ahead and announce Atlanta if they are so sure they will go there and then worry about #34 later.
AtlantaWhaler
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Not sure if they're looking through the two competing potential ownership groups (Krause and Carter). I truly hope they're really doing the due diligence with the financial background checks. Honestly, if the next group is thin with the checkbook, I'd rather have no team at all.
dj4aces
An Intricate Piece of Infinity
All we have right now are theories as to why they're not. Are they giving potential ownership groups a final look? Are they waiting for the new CBA? Are they waiting on Fertitta in Houston to commit so they can announce both cities at once?
Who knows?
Well if both deals have private funding for the arena so I would assume they have deep pockets. My thinking is that teams that come in on their own tend to do better like Vegas and Seattle. As opposed to situations were you have a bunch of teams come in together. The last big expansion had 4 teams come in over 3 seasons and two of them struggled for a long time. So if Atlanta needs 3 years to build the arena why not make a decision this year and let them get started and then see if Houston gets its act together.
LadyStanley
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Nothing will happen until the next CBA is signed and ratified.
So hang tight for 6+ months.
So hang tight for 6+ months.
