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Originally Posted by BOHICA
Obviously I meant Clark County.
6 current NHL markets with the fewest number of hockey fans are Nashville, Miami, Raleigh, Columbus, Phoenix and Tampa. Those franchises lost a collective $51 million in 2013-14, according to Forbes.
All pro sports teams in Vegas are well below league averages, look up attendance to the Wranglers, 51's, and Gladiators.
Clark County is a large hockey community? Sounds great but you are wrong.
You're forgetting one important factor - we have NOTHING else to call our own.
- Nashville has the Titans and U Tennessee.
- Miami has the Marlins, Heat, Dolphins and Hurricanes.
- Raleigh has the tobacco triangle (UNC, NC State and Duke), plus the Panthers aren't too far away.
- Columbus has Ohio State and those fans are ****ing nuts.
- Phoenix has the Suns, Cardinals and D-Backs, not to mention Wildcats and ASU.
- Tampa has the Bucs and Rays.
You could argue that the Rebels basketball team is the only game in town worth watching, but they've been mediocre lately so no one bothers going to games. But the same could be said for teams with fanatical fans. The Red Sox and Yankees don't sell out games when they stink, and those fan bases are insane. A major league-level pro team WILL do well here. Saying it will fail because our minor league teams don't do well is insane. Apples and oranges. Vegas scored a perfect 100/100 in BizJournal.com's evaluation of possible expansion cities:
http://www.bizjournals.com/bizjourna...ortmethod.html
Goddammit I'm getting sick and tired of having the same arguments with these morons over and over and over and over and over again. If you don't want to see the team here, fine. **** off then. But leave those of us who want it and who have put season ticket deposits down alone instead of insta-****ting on it.