Scouter
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- Oct 21, 2007
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Portland in Oregon has a fairly new facility that has an NHL capacity, now I haven't researched other details besides that, that's why I'm asking if it could work there?
Being from Oregon, I can say that people in Oregon have very little interest in Hockey.
May I ask why that is?
Aren't the winterhawks a good draw? I know they have pulled in 15K+ fans a few times at the Rose Garden, which many people say is a great place to catch a game. And a Seattle / Portland / Vancouver / Calgary / Edmonton division would be nice... but I doubt either city will get a team.
Notice most of those schools are the easiest to get in.Nope, doubt it.
OT, but I will never understand America's love affair with college football and basketball for the life of me. That is, most of America, because here in Boston I don't know of many people who give a rat's rear about it. Strange since there's so many colleges here but I'm not complaining.
Rich people like making money. If a rich person thought he could make money in Portland with the NHL, there would be an NHL team there.
Its the same for a lot of these markets. Seattle with its proximity to Vancouver seems like a good place for hockey. But do the people there care about hockey? I dont know, I'm not from Seattle. But Ive never heard of an owner in Seattle looking to buy a troubled NHL franchise and move them there. That tells you all you need to know.
Rich people like making money. If a rich person thought he could make money in Portland with the NHL, there would be an NHL team there.
Its the same for a lot of these markets. Seattle with its proximity to Vancouver seems like a good place for hockey. But do the people there care about hockey? I dont know, I'm not from Seattle. But Ive never heard of an owner in Seattle looking to buy a troubled NHL franchise and move them there. That tells you all you need to know.
Notice most of those schools are the easiest to get in.
I have spent a fair amount of time in Seattle in my life and, the NHL would not be a success there. Great city, great sports city but, not a hockey city. Folks in Seattle would kill to get another NBA team there but, really hockey isn't more than a little tiny blip on the radar.