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Potential Gate Revenues in KeyArena
Let me first say that I’ve always felt analyzing Arena Revenues on the success of a franchise is just part of the financial picture & can be shortsighted. Arena Revs are important and it is largely reported that NHL relies on their Arena Gate revenue much more than other professional sports leagues. My point about the Gate Revenues […]
RFP for Glendale’s Jobing.com Arena
Another bit of news that came out yesterday was the jobing.com Arena RFP went out yesterday. I didn’t want to post it until I read through the entire RFP. Here are some interesting things in it: RFP submissions are due 5/24/13 A requirement is that the Manager must have experience running an arena with an NBA […]
Realignment, Quebec City and SoDo Arena Renders
What a day! NHL approves realignment, Sonics ticket priority list went on sale & then the team at SonicsArena post the arena renderings with a rink. I want to focus on the NHL realignment. Yes, yes, things look good for Seattle for expansion with the lopsided divisions but I don’t think the league would tip […]
The Wikipedia entry for the Week that was “NHL to Seattle”
This has easily been the biggest week of news on the NHL possibly coming to Seattle ever. Forbes, CBC, Globe and Mail, Sportsnet.ca & ESPN all referenced an NHL team coming to Seattle. The local coverage by KING5’s Chris Daniels and sports radio KJR has been excellent. I will post a lot of links in […]
Islanders on the block?
As I’ve said here many times, the Islanders are a franchise to watch over the next few years. On September 14th, I mentioned that Wang probably wants to sell the Islanders as one of the reasons for the Islanders potential Relo candidate. Well it looks like Wang is shopping the Islanders around. The New York post has an excellent article […]
Great day to be a Seattle Hockey fan
As you have probably heard, the City Council officially approved the SoDo Arena deal. This is a major step on a long long road to landing an NHL franchise in Seattle. Focus on those positives. ….and don’t believe the hype around Edmonton. Edmonton Oilers owner, Daryl Katz was reported as touring Seattle KeyArena today. This […]
Why the Islanders could be headed to Seattle in 2015-2016
On the surface, you would think the there is no way a team with a storied history like the New York Islanders could be a relocation target but when you peel back the layers you see a failing franchise with no relief to their Arena woes in sight. You see, the Islanders play in a […]
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