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What has always seemed stupid to me is giving desert/south cities NHL teams while leaving Cleveland, which seems like maybe the most obvious location for an NHL franchise in the country, without one.
Hartford needs n NHL team again. Seeing CTers split between Boston and NY is funny, yet sad.
Yep, and Quebec City should get a team too. Bring back the Whalers and Nordiques.
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Originally Posted by Losfrisco
What has always seemed stupid to me is giving desert/south cities NHL teams while leaving Cleveland, which seems like maybe the most obvious location for an NHL franchise in the country, without one.
Cleveland had the Barons back in the 1970s but now that Columbus has the Blue Jackets Cleveland is out of luck getting another team.
Yeah maybe, but we are talking NHL, not NFL here. The simple question is, could Cleveland fill more NHL seats than Columbus? My bet says yes. The Cleveland Monsters (AHL) fill about 9000 seats per game, 3rd highest in the entire AHL. AHL 2019-20 team attendance at hockeydb.com
The Columbus Blue Jackets attendance is around 16k per game. Move that team to Cleveland and we can definitely do better than that. Particularly since we can pull in from Youngstown, Akron, Canton, Mansfield and even Columbus. Re-igniting a rivalry with Pittsburgh would help the numbers.
The NHL was hoping a Columbus team would pull more from Cleveland and Cinci. Didn't get as big of numbers as they had hoped. Ohio can do a lot better for the NHL.
Yeah maybe, but we are talking NHL, not NFL here. The simple question is, could Cleveland fill more NHL seats than Columbus? My bet says yes. The Cleveland Monsters (AHL) fill about 9000 seats per game, 3rd highest in the entire AHL. AHL 2019-20 team attendance at hockeydb.com
The Columbus Blue Jackets attendance is around 16k per game. Move that team to Cleveland and we can definitely do better than that. Particularly since we can pull in from Youngstown, Akron, Canton, Mansfield and even Columbus. Re-igniting a rivalry with Pittsburgh would help the numbers.
The NHL was hoping a Columbus team would pull more from Cleveland and Cinci. Didn't get as big of numbers as they had hoped. Ohio can do a lot better for the NHL.
Cleveland would either have the Cavs or the Hockey team but I doubt that they could support both teams with concurrent seasons. One would crowd out the other.
I have been keeping an on-going data base on this subject for years. Though I do not include MLS. That said, here are the latest stats: (I do not use separate msa's within a csa)
Largest metros without NFL:
San Diego
St. Louis
Orlando
Sacramento
Portland
Columbus
San Antonio
Largest metros without NBA:
Seattle
San Diego
St. Louis
Tampa
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Largest metros without MLB:
Orlando
Sacramento
Charlotte
Portland
Indianapolis
Columbus
San Antonio
Largest metros without NHL:
Houston
Seattle*
San Diego
Cleveland
Orlando
Sacramento
Charlotte
* expansion team to begin in 2021
Smallest markets for the NFL:
New Orleans
Buffalo
Jacksonville
Nashville
Las Vegas*
Green Bay (using Milwaukee as the key metro)
Indianapolis
*starts 2020
Smallest markets for MLB:
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Tampa
St. Louis
Cleveland
Smallest markets for NBA:
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Salt Lake City
Milwaukee
San Antonio
Indianapolis
Smallest markets for NHL (US only):
Buffalo
Nashville
Raleigh
Las Vegas
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Tampa
Cities with all four major professional teams:
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Washington/Baltimore (using CSA here)
Boston
San Francisco/Oakland
Philadelphia
Dallas
Miami
Detroit
Phoenix
Minneapolis
Denver
Now that Austin and Vegas have added teams....what are the largest MSA's without a tier one pro team and will they get one any time soon? I am thinking of places like Norfolk, Birmingham, Albuquerque....any others?
#13 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA MSA, 4,622,361, would probably include them in the LA metroplex
#30 Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX MSA, 2,168,316, getting MLS in 2021
#37 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, 1,728,733, tried getting an expansion NHL team or a relocated NBA team in the past, but need a new arena
#38 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA MSA, 1,621,337, tried getting the Pats before Gillette Stadium was built in Foxoboro
#44 Richmond, VA MSA, 1,306,172, planning to build a new arena, but no real talk of getting an NBA or NHL team
#45 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN MSA, 1,297,310, have the arena, but no NBA team yet
#48 Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown, CT MSA, 1,206,300, need a new arena to get an NHL to move there
#49 Birmingham-Hoover, AL MSA, 1,151,801, need a new arena
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