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Should Canada get another NHL team, and if so, where?
Citing “a secret NHL report detailing the ticket revenues of its 30 teams,” a recent news report reveals that the six Canadian hockey teams account for “31 per cent of the $1.1 billion (U.S.) in league ticket revenue.” Many are using this news to renew calls to have another NHL team in Canada.
What do you think? Should Canada have another NHL team, and if so, where should it be?
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The most logical choice would be southern Ontario, in the Kitchner-Waterloo area. The population growth is off the charts, and with Leafs tickets an overpriced pipe dream, a second team would make every sense.
In the short run they would probably have to play at Copps, and then move into a purpose-built facility in K-W.
My point of contention is that there are more teams in the NY/NJ area (three) and the state of California (three) than in the province of Ontario (two).
Winnipeg and Quebec City are not sustainable (Winnipeg being a romantic choice though), for Quebec City the tax situation is a huge non-starter.
Adding a 7th Canadian team would also, in theory at least, make the next round of Canadian rights fee bidding interesting. Would Global/CTV try to come in and bid for the CBC package given a second GTA franchise, and what of the cable package?
The wild card is that the Canadian teams have had a huge boost with the exchange rate, which was murder several years ago. Obviously if we’re back to 62 cent CDN this is a nonstarter.
The corollary is that the impact in the US would be negligible, at best as the big-market US teams are not relocation targets. Plus, the free-to-air broadcaster pays zero upfront rights fees (NBC).
It’s time for the NHL to realize that its “Southern Strategy” has been, at best, a mixed blessing. Sure, teams like Dallas, San Jose, and (to a limited extent) Anaheim could be called successes, Atlanta, Florida, Nashville are all disasters (poor attendance, money losing, tv ratings are poor). Carolina and Tampa, despite winning Cups, have very fickle fan bases. Phoenix should be doing better. Minnesota and Denver aren’t southern but made sense and both teams have done well.
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Has Bettman killed the NHL?
When i read this article on Yahoo Hockey (http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=dw-bettman012907&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)
A lot of it made sense to me, especially when i heard about the TV ratings for the All-Stars game. I’m not a marketer or a businessman, up in Canada, hockey is as strong as it’s ever been (minus Winnipeg, i.e. Dallas Stars).
What i do know, is that nobody in any management position should stay there for 15 years. Bettman has been there for 15 years, that’s just crazy and incredible at the same time. Only dictators and CEOs stay that long.
Everyone will have a different opinion on this, but it seems that south of the border, hockey is rather marginal, but i don’t live the U.S. so i’m curious.
He’s killing it real slow. Every year the fans get the shaft more and more. Who’s ideal was it to have the All star game in the middle of the week and not on a major network or ESPN. I hope he doesn’t do that when we have it in Atlanta next year.
I don’t mind if someones in place for 15 years as long as they are trying to grow the product. We have some good young players right now that everyone would like to see but he doesn’t want to change the aliment at the moment so everyone will have the chance.
I’m from NY and now Iive in Atlanta and I love the Rangers and Thrashers and the fans in both city have a lot of love for the teams.
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