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Baltimore a Long Shot for NHL Franchise

by Alanah McGinley on 07/25/08 at 11:18 AM
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From Childs Walker at the Baltimore Sun,

A new arena is a poor risk for Baltimore if the city is counting on attracting an NHL or NBA franchise, sports business experts say, but some agree with city leaders that a proposed 18,500-seat venue could be profitable without such an anchor tenant.

Neither the NBA nor the NHL offers many relocation or expansion prospects, analysts said, and the presence of basketball and hockey teams in Washington make the odds even longer for Baltimore. [...]

NHL spokesman Frank Brown said the league has no plans for expansion or relocation, though several cities have expressed interest. He said questions about the Capitals’ sharing a market with another team are “way too hypothetical for me to answer.

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No, no, no, no.  Will not work.

They are nuts for their Ravens (after a long, loooooong period of mourning for the Colts) but the crowds in Camden Yards are notoriously quiet and prone to chatting on cell phones with their back to the play.  Teams that travel well (particularly Boston) take the place over entirely - not even a substantial minority presence, but take the place over.

I cannot see hockey drawing at all - certainly not better than Washington, which has the excitement of a playoff run (however brief) and Ovechkin to build off of.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan  on  07/25  at  12:39 PM

‘Roque, you’re so hot when you think and write like that.

LOL!

Anyway, I agree.  And here’s hoping the NHL keeps looking the other way when it comes to the NHL in Las Vegas, NV.  I love NHL hockey to pieces but the realist in me says, “It won’t work here.”

Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV  on  07/25  at  12:50 PM

Lived in Cockeysville, Maryland for eight years when I worked in Baltimore.

The crowds at Orioles games were notorious for being extremely quiet - and that was when you could dignify the numbers with the names of “crowds.” While people would dye their hair purple and paint their cars with Ravens logos and write impassioned letters to the editor about how stupid the name “PSINet Stadium” was - and that was when they were sober!  (When they were drunk they would call Mayflower late at night and cuss them out for moving the Colts to Indy.)

Posted by Baroque from Michigan  on  07/25  at  05:30 PM

Just celebrated 12 years here in Las Vegas, ‘Roque.  As I’ve mentioned a few times already, the hockey fan base is fairly passionate but we just don’t have the numbers to support any hockey franchise no higher than the ECHL.

Posted by SYF from Las Vegas, NV  on  07/25  at  06:25 PM

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