CHRDANHUTCH
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Les Alexander does not need to buy the Aeros - he already controls the building where they play. Alexander owns the Houston Rockets, would be the majority owner of any NHL team, and most importantly controls the Master Lease on the Toyota Center.
The Aeros would find themselves squeezed for dates behind both the Rockets and the new NHL team. There is nothing the Aeros could do if he decides to bring in an NHL team to the Toyota Center - I VERY much doubt that there is anything in the Aeros' lease agreement that would prevent it.
And as I said, an NHL team in Houston would significantly erode the fanbase of the Aeros as well as squeezing them for arena dates. The Wild would then either have to decide whether it would be better for the Aeros to continue to co-exist in Houston or move them to another city.
Yes the NHL "rectified the error of that relocation by creating the Wild" and as a result, the Minnesota Moose were pretty much forced out and moved to Winnipeg. I didn't see anyone back then decrying the fate of the Moose and the inconvenience to the Canucks. Why would an expansion/relocation to Houston be any different w.r.t. the Aeros.
Because the answer is already there where is there another arena for the Aeros or is Toyota Center like America West when the Coyotes first arrived in Arizona?