to find a single local owner? yeah pretty much. you'd need private wealth and major corporate investment as well. and the memories of the 80s and 90s are still pretty fresh in everyone's minds.
- Gary_B.

TVA Sports to the rescue...

to say nothing of finding the $1 billion
- Gary_B.

*Starts smoking*

Why do they need to buy him out? He's on a 2-way entry level contract??
- l3ig_l2ecl

You have a limit of 50 NHL contracts per team. They're gonna use the cheap buyout, I think it's 150$ or something along those lines. The Isles have a lot of prospects coming so they need the contracts for players that are still in the plans.

to find a single local owner? yeah pretty much. you'd need private wealth and major corporate investment as well. and the memories of the 80s and 90s are still pretty fresh in everyone's minds.
- Gary_B.

What memories? They had higher attendance than the Yankees in the 80's.

No. I wouldn't say impossible. Miraculous perhaps, but not impossible.
- hscesq

when you consider that the Habs (and BC) were a $600 million investment 5 or 6 years ago and it's not like you had a mile-long list of suitors for them, i think that shows that finding local money for baseball team is just not possible.

What memories? They had higher attendance than the Yankees in the 80's.
- AGalchenyuk27

I believe he was clear that question period has concluded.
- hscesq

it was worth a shot

What memories? They had higher attendance than the Yankees in the 80's.
- AGalchenyuk27

i'm not just referring to attendance. the '80s is when it became evident that Montreal would have a hard time retaining its star players.

when you consider that the Habs (and BC) were a $600 million investment 5 or 6 years ago and it's not like you had a mile-long list of suitors for them, i think that shows that finding local money for baseball team is just not possible.
- Gary_B.

Gotta take into account that the Centre Bell is downtown, I'm no Montréal real-estate expert but it has to be cheaper for land where they want to build the new one. Griffin Bassin or something like that.

Gotta take into account that the Centre Bell is downtown, I'm no Montréal real-estate expert but it has to be cheaper for land where they want to build the new one. Griffin Bassin or something like that.
- Jean_Perron

Gotta take into account that the Centre Bell is downtown, I'm no Montréal real-estate expert but it has to be cheaper for land where they want to build the new one. Griffin Bassin or something like that.
- Jean_Perron

right but between the stadium, team purchase/relocation fee/expansion fee/cost of getting the team up and running locally...that number has been placed at $1 billion by most economic experts.

Gotta take into account that the Centre Bell is downtown, I'm no Montréal real-estate expert but it has to be cheaper for land where they want to build the new one. Griffin Bassin or something like that.
- Jean_Perron

Of course, the further away you build it the harder it to get people to attend games.

i'm not just referring to attendance. the '80s is when it became evident that Montreal would have a hard time retaining its star players.
- Gary_B.

This is incorrect.

You have a limit of 50 NHL contracts per team. They're gonna use the cheap buyout, I think it's 150$ or something along those lines. The Isles have a lot of prospects coming so they need the contracts for players that are still in the plans.
- Jean_Perron

Thanks!

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no X in Espresso.

Of course, the further away you build it the harder it to get people to attend games.
- golfingsince

So even if you build it, they still may not come.

Of course, the further away you build it the harder it to get people to attend games.
- golfingsince

i think they'd have it a stone's throw from downtown. lots of teams have done that... built the stadium in the shadow of downtown rather than right in the heart (Twins for example)

right but between the stadium, team purchase/relocation fee/expansion fee/cost of getting the team up and running locally...that number has been placed at $1 billion by most economic experts.
- Gary_B.

I know. And prices keep going up in MTL with all those new condo towers getting built.

it was worth a shot
- -davies-

He's extremely strict.

Gotta take into account that the Centre Bell is downtown, I'm no Montréal real-estate expert but it has to be cheaper for land where they want to build the new one. Griffin Bassin or something like that.
- Jean_Perron

Bassin Peel.

right but between the stadium, team purchase/relocation fee/expansion fee/cost of getting the team up and running locally...that number has been placed at $1 billion by most economic experts.
- Gary_B.

so 1,5B once the corruption kicks in

So even if you build it, they still may not come.
- hscesq

That's right Kev.

C'était un bon risque à prendre en 3e ronde. Le joueur est vraiment talentueux et il a le physique. C'est leur équivalent de Avtsin. Dire que le monde se plaignaient de son temps de glace v'la deux ans... Le gars sautait des pratiques et était la moitié du temps blessé.

C'est jamais la faute des joueurs selon Berkshire et Seriousfan009, toujours des coach
- Jean_Perron

Ces deux crisses là sont tellement imbus de leur propre personne

Of course, the further away you build it the harder it to get people to attend games.
- golfingsince

So you're saying that if Ottawa had built their Arena in Ottawa, more people would attend the game?

This is incorrect.
- hscesq

was Gary Carter traded because his salary demands were getting too high?
did Expos attendance ever again rise to NL average after 1983?
how can you totally dismiss that claim?