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The Future Of Nashville Is In Forsberg’s Hands
by Paul on 02/16/07 at 09:00 PM ET
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from Stephen Brunt of the Globe and Mail,
In so many ways, the Nashville Predators represent how the National Hockey League, in its cash-grab expansion phase, got it dead wrong.
When peddling franchises was the league’s real core business, the ruling conceit — which, to be fair, predates the Gary Bettman era — was that you could sell the game anywhere, just so long as you had the right demographics, the right arena deal. The pre-existence of a hockey culture was beside the point.
Just find an owner ready to pay whatever price the market would bear, by whatever financial means necessary. Let him in turn find compliant local politicians with an empty arena desperate for a tenant.
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According to Forbes, the Predators have made a profit every season, except for two. Another article of Nashville bashing?....
Posted by Guy Legend on 02/16/07 at 11:04 PM ET
Whatever. The Titans were so-so attendance-wise until they strung together a couple deep playoff runs and a Super Bowl appearance.
Of course, if you changed “Nashville” to “Carolina”, then you’d just have reprints of just about every article that was written by non-Triangle mediots from 1997 through 2006.
So there y’go.
Posted by The Acid Queen from Raleigh, NC on 02/16/07 at 11:16 PM ET
Actually, since 1999, every Titans game (including preseason) has been a sellout…
Posted by The Forechecker from Tennessee on 02/17/07 at 12:26 AM ET
Are they counting tickets sold, or butts in the seats?
Oh wait, I forgot--that only applies to hockey. My bad.
Posted by The Acid Queen from Raleigh, NC on 02/17/07 at 09:39 AM ET
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