I think this is what you were trying to do, Benny:
The problem with waiting to announce, when they have already consummated a deal to relocate, is leaks will be nearly impossible to control. If TNSE did in fact own the team, they would need to put many things into motion locally. Things get around quickly in Winnipeg.
Well,this pretty well sums up what I expected.
"It is pretty clear, given the paltry attendance at Coyotes games over the years, that if NHL commissioner Gary Bettman decides in the next week the bond sale is never going to happen and announces the team is headed to Winnipeg, the Coyotes attendance will crater. The team is averaging an announced crowd of 11,664 fans per game right now, which is 29th among the NHL’s 30 teams.
Announcing a move would see that number fall quickly. As the team owner, even though the Glendale taxpayers are covering the first $25-million in this season’s losses (which are said to be headed toward $40-million), it would not be good business for the NHL to do anything to hurt ticket sales.
So even though the NHL may have already decided this turkey is not going to fly, don’t expect an admission until no more tickets have to be sold.
Oh, by the way, about that $25-million, which the Glendale politicians took out of an account earmarked for expenses in keeping their city liveable. Hulsizer promised to hand that over to the city once he buys the team, so no sale means the NHL is entitled to keep it.
And good luck to the city if it tries to get it back from the NHL. So goodbye Coyotes and goodbye
another $25-million for good measure."
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...y/nhl-keeps-winnipeg-waiting/article1939328//
Holds her own?
I held off on listening to that interview, because at the end of the day it matters little, but I had a few minutes, so ...
This is true Monty Python Black Knight material, when all these folks suggest that she held her own and that the interviewers were jokes or whatever the appellation du jour is.
Olsen was positively dismantled from start to finish. At the end, she was actually pulling her version of a Bettman, making sarcastic little remarks to the hosts who were destroying her every vacant talking point.
I especially loved the part where she was talking about the "creativity" of Glendale residents in bringing concerts or "ice capades" to Jobing.com, as if all you need to get some concerts is a little gumption and some "creativity". It reminded me of the "hey, let's put on a show!!!" attitude of '50s movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
Laughable.
For the record, Ms. Olsen is a career political "person" who has pretty much never held a real job in private enterprise in her adult life. You cannot really appreciate business from inside the GOP cocoon of the Cato Institute (and if you think Goldwater is rightwing ... well, they are, but Cato gives them a run for their money) and GWI.
Edit: One more thing. As I asserted many pages ago, this nonsense of "OMG, hundreds of pages still being delivered" was utter nonsense. Drafts of the MUDA, and the parking agreements. Rubbish it was, and rubbish it remains.
Wouldn't people have to start buying tickets before they could stop doing so. The team is already losing 40 million dollars this year who are all these people who are going to stop buying tickets.
Realistically, how full and at what prices is the rink going to have to remain for the Jets Pt. Deux to avoid subsequent relocation? Ballpark seems to be around $1M in gate/game, curious what others think.
These were the numbers HNIC used to illustrate the NHL's viability in Winnipeg.
Not sure how they compare to #'s others have run around here.
Ticket Sales: $45M
Suite Sales: $10M
Broadcast: $19M
In Arena Sales: $15M
Revenue Sharing: $13M
Total: $102M
They went on to say TNSE brings in $10M from concerts/shows/events annually, it wasn't clear if that was profit or revenue.
I think this is what you were trying to do, Benny:
Correction it was 15 Million from Concerts/shows/events.
I read an article that said 70 Million. So now we have a range of 70-117 Million in Revenue. So basically double to almost triple the Revenue that Jobbing.com brings in.
Sorry guys, this is'nt happening in Winnipeg, this is Quebec city. At 00:12, signs reads MATCH CE SOIR.
You don't have this in Winnipeg do you?
Ouch, preparing myself for some punches from my friends to the west
anyone have a link to the cbc video? I missed it and cannot seem to find it
How about comparing it to an arena that isn't home to a bankrupt franchise?I read an article that said 70 Million. So now we have a range of 70-117 Million in Revenue. So basically double to almost triple the Revenue that Jobbing.com brings in.