NHL has met with Dan Friedkin several times about bringing NHL to Houston
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ItWasJustified
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Good. Water down the league as much as possible.
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Mr Kot
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So is the league just propped up by pyramid scheming billionaires roping other billionaires into it?
Ehh it's hard to argue when they're missing some major markets (like Houston) that the other big 3 have.
Realistically, the NHL has about 24 "major" markets (less if you dont want to consider Buffalo or Columbus) where the other 3 have 28ish at minimum.
It would take the NHL going to 34 at minimum to have the same amount of major markets
MrHeiskanen
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Houston had strong AHL attendance, it will do well.
While I can somewhat understand the objection when cities like New Orleans are floated (even though I disagree) I have no idea would anyone think or try to argue that the NHL shouldn’t go to Houston if they have someone willing to write the necessary checks. All 32 owners would be in support of this
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Its actually in there already
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I think that’s why they want more in the US. Having 7 Canadian teams win helping them grow.
If Bettman has his way, there will only be Toronto
elmaco
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Stop flooding the hamster with these zero content posts.
Will be interesting how they try to work it. What I know about the situation in Houston is that Tilman Fertitta owns the Rockets and that the city of Houston has a no-compete clause so they can’t build a new arena in city limits. Plenty of suburbs for one though. Fertitta has supposedly been approached before about the NHL and was interested, but balked at the price of acquiring an expansion team or even buying a team for relocation. He’s off serving as the US ambassador to Italy now, but I’m not sure if that makes a difference.
A team playing at the Toyota Center as a tenant, if Fertitta even allows that to happen, I don’t think would do very well. It would be like the awful time (financially speaking) that the Coyotes were having in downtown Phoenix at the Suns’ arena. Fertitta would have to be the team owner for that to work. An arena in one of the suburbs, well, I don’t know how well that would do since I don’t actually know the Houston area well. It would suck if it became another situation like the Coyotes in Glendale.
Only reason I know even that much about Houston is because I got this kind of league business shoved down my throat for well over a decade as a Coyotes fan.
A team playing at the Toyota Center as a tenant, if Fertitta even allows that to happen, I don’t think would do very well. It would be like the awful time (financially speaking) that the Coyotes were having in downtown Phoenix at the Suns’ arena. Fertitta would have to be the team owner for that to work. An arena in one of the suburbs, well, I don’t know how well that would do since I don’t actually know the Houston area well. It would suck if it became another situation like the Coyotes in Glendale.
Only reason I know even that much about Houston is because I got this kind of league business shoved down my throat for well over a decade as a Coyotes fan.
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Well, not that it matters, but this way of thinking is part of the poison in the game‘s veins. Growing the game isn’t going to happen on the backs of necessary checks, it depends on involved and invested communities. I’m not saying that isn’t the case in Houston, I wouldn’t know and have only heard decent things about hockey in Dallas, but if we want to do anything sustainable with our game, checks aren’t among the most immediate concerns.
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Thrasymachus
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Im not saying Houston doesn't deserve a hockey team, but at a certain point we need to ask ourselves how many teams is too many
They should build a new arena in the Woodlands, pretty damn good place for a big entertainment zone
Mr Kot
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Well, it just so happens I am a degree holder from DeVri University on the topic of attendance in the AHL league!
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Mr Kot
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Sounds like we went to the same university.
