Does anyone know why they don't want hockey? Are they just not interested in the sport or do they not think the market can support 2 winter sports?
Supposedly Spurs Sports & Entertainment had a variety of reasons for offloading the Stampede.
It was some combination of:
-wanting to make sure the prime non-Spurs dates were given to things that can make a lot more money than a hockey game. For example a concert, convention, shows, all of which they are hosting with far more frequency now than they were 8 years ago which can also be partially attributed to the lessened conversion time
-wanting to invest more resources into soccer, which they were championing a push for acquiring a MLS expansion franchise before Covid hit. They even dropped $3 million just to get the arena deal done and they still operate it as well despite not owning it. They also bought into gambling and a couple other new revenue sources dropping a number in the mid seven figures within one year of selling the Stampede
There are a bunch of rumors outside of those verifiable things, so nothing anyone can confirm