tiredman
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- Nov 10, 2003
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With the recent rumours of the nhl increasing his number of teams to 32 in the near future, two cities were mentionned a lot : Kansas City and Las Vegas. However, Quebec City is never (or almost) being talked about as possible market. No arena, not enough people, no corporate support, etc. are always mentionned when someone mentions Quebec City.
However, Quebec City always had a lot of fans and good attendances even in the bad years of the nordiques. Aubut sold the team because a group offered him a lot of $ for it and he couldn't refuse it since no other arena was being planned to be build in a near future in Quebec city. Also, Bettman recently said that Quebec City and Winnipeg could be interesting market to look at.
Now, the good news is that since two weeks, there are very strong rumours about a very rich person (apparently not canadian or american) that wants to build an nhl arena and buy a nhl team for the city. 500 millions are the numbers mentionned. This very rich person, apparently, has Quebec City at the top of his list. Aubut is apparently also involved in the project. 4-5 location are also rumoured to be reserved for the new arena. Apparently, this person is going to visit the city in the next days or weeks.
Now, do you think it is possible that Quebec city will be one of these 2 expansion teams ? I hope so. That would be just great for the city and the NHL.
Source : www.retourlnh.com, www.quebeclnh.com (forums), Choi Radio-X
However, Quebec City always had a lot of fans and good attendances even in the bad years of the nordiques. Aubut sold the team because a group offered him a lot of $ for it and he couldn't refuse it since no other arena was being planned to be build in a near future in Quebec city. Also, Bettman recently said that Quebec City and Winnipeg could be interesting market to look at.
Now, the good news is that since two weeks, there are very strong rumours about a very rich person (apparently not canadian or american) that wants to build an nhl arena and buy a nhl team for the city. 500 millions are the numbers mentionned. This very rich person, apparently, has Quebec City at the top of his list. Aubut is apparently also involved in the project. 4-5 location are also rumoured to be reserved for the new arena. Apparently, this person is going to visit the city in the next days or weeks.
Now, do you think it is possible that Quebec city will be one of these 2 expansion teams ? I hope so. That would be just great for the city and the NHL.
Source : www.retourlnh.com, www.quebeclnh.com (forums), Choi Radio-X