ChompChomp
Can't wait for Sharks hockey to return someday
You have the audacity because you have AEG in on the deal. They're building a near monopoly of midsized outdoors concert venues (and thus will control a good % of music tours), own the Kings, own the Staples Center and part of the Lakers, and likely have the influence to eventually get that team. Any NBA or NHL owner looking to fill dates in their arena can get them from AEG. Oversaturated, maybe in some regareds, but KC has no arena team and thus no major league sports from Jan to April. The Roylas aren't exactly the biggest threat to an incoming sports team.
But you are missing the point. Even with no arena team, and only TWO major sports teams, they are one of the top overextended markets. That means people don't make enough money in KC to enjoy their two major sports teams. How can they afford to go to NHL games if according to the bizjournals survey, they can't afford to go to Chiefs and Royals.
Remember, overextended means: "The total amount of personal income the region generates is inadequate for its current teams, let alone any new ones." Sure KC will have corporate sponsorship, as evidenced by idiotic KC companies already locking up suites not knowing who will play there. But when attendence struggles, as these numbers indicate, the teams will want to leave. That is why AEG wants teams to be locked into KC for a long time, but teams considering moving won't do it.
And yes, I am also suggesting that AEG is completely nuts for being involved in building the Sprint Center.
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Also according to bizjournals, KC has no business getting an NBA or NHL team
http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/2006/0213/major_metros_chart.html?hbx=slide_sport_article
If AEG did this research, why on earth would they build an arena in KC?
Hell according to the survey, Joplin, MO is in a better position to support an NHL franchise than KC (but not by much).
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