Posted on 01/10/2014 10:01:39 AM PST by C19fan
The Florida Panthers claim they are losing $20 million to $30 million a year while operating out of Broward County's Sunrise, Fla., based BB&T Center. In order to offset those costs, the team hopes to rework its contract with the county in order to collect $70 million in tourism tax revenue to cover the costs the Panthers are paying on their arena.
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First 2/3 of a billion for an absurd ballpark that’s never more than half full, and now subsidies for a hockey team nobody wants to see.
Had enough yet, South Florida?
"Here's to all that gorgeous....
Ideally, to tap into the snowbird population. But this "concept" is not working in Phoenix (Road Runners) either.
Because of the hundreds of thousands (more likely, millions now) of transplants from New England, the NorthEast, Rust Belt and Canada who are hockey fans. (Maybe not fans of the Panthers...)
And because in a free nation, people are free to...
Seattle would be a good option if they could get an arena. For it to work, there would have to be an NBA team to share the facility.
Portland, OR would also be a good option.The arena is already there and Portland is a very good hockey town. Having only the Blazers as a major sports team in the area is a big plus.
All the northerners who moved there and haven’t become half-backs yet.
Welcome to L.A.
Close up shop, along with the Western Conference team that’s struggling (Phoenix?) .... Go to four 7-team Divisions and run the schedule the same way in both Conferences — the present unbalanced grouping is just absurd.
Exactly. I say if you can't have a backyard rink in your town during the winter, due to the weather, you don't get an NHL team.
Lewiston-Auburn DOES get cold enough...
Brrrrr.
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