Nashville Predators moving to Canada? NOPE! Sorry, Canucks (and KC!)...

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Sue, I'm afraid I have to disagree.

It will work. For starters, look at the number of people who put deposits for season tickets--10,000 in two days plus dozens of corporate boxes.

Look at the population base beyond just Hamilton. Burlington and Oakville are two of the wealthiest (per capita) cities in the country. Mississauga alone has 600,000 people.

Over 20% of the country lives in the GTA and surrounding areas.

There will be corporations who will be standing in line for sponsorships and the head offices of almost every major Canadian company are in the area.

People in SW Ontario would embrace it.

 

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10,000 people putting down a small deposit on a season ticket is meaningless. Will those 10,000 put down full season ticket price year after year?

Look, I could get 10,000 deposits anywhere. It's not impressive at all.

 

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Name the corporations that might be in line to advertise more.

I can't see any. Seriously folks, this country doesn't have as much money as the one to our south. Nor do we has much corporate competition, which means the coporations we have don't NEED to advertise.

The bottom is there is less money in Canada than the States.

The NHL has maxed out Canada's big markets.

 

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If corporate involvement is necessary, KC may not be the best option.

The KC area has eight Fortune 1000 businesses. Nashville has nine, and there's one less pro sports team in the market.

 

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Not impressive at all? Huh?

I wouldn't say $500.00 is a "small deposit" and the fact they did it in two days is astonishing.
Unless you live in this part of the woods (which I assume you don't) you have no idea about the size and intensity of the market for hockey.

The Leafs have sold out every game for at least 50 years, there's a waiting list for season tickets and this is a team that hasn't won a damn thing in 40 years.

Almost 20% of Sabres season ticket holders are Canadians.

You could put a third team in South Western Ontario.

 

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What, you want me to go through Canada's Top Corporate 100? And I'd disagree with your comment about lack of competition.

Well, off the top of my head here's a few major Canadian corporations:

Tim's.
Canadian Tire.
Sears
Home Depot
Rona
McDonald's
BMO
CIBC
TD Bank
Dofasco
Loblaws
Sobey's
Ford
Magna
Manulife
Bombardier
CN
Lakeport Brewery
Steelback Brewery
General Electric

I could probably come up with 50 more--there'd be dozens of mid-sized companies that'd want to get in on the action.

 

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If all these corporations are clamouring to sponsor things, why can't the Canadian Open - an iternationally televised PGA event land a corporate sponsor? The same happened to major auto racing and tennis events in this country.

Why can't CPGA golfers find someone to sponsor them?

Why can't some OHL teams get more sponsorship dollars?

 

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Christ, you haven't even mentioned any of the oil companies.

 

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Because it's golf, tennis and auto racing. It's not going to get the same exposure as hockey and, thus, it's not going to get the same sponsorship.

The OHL? Can't speak for it but the WHL teams do quite well for sponsorship. Plus they don't have to pay players and for 'community-owned' teams, they have to be careful in balancing operating expenses, etc., due to 'non-profit' status.

 

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Because they're not the NHL.

OHL is a niche sport in SW Ontario--at least in the GTA.

CPGA golfers aren't sexy.

The people at the RCGA are incompetent and the timing of the Canadian Open in past years means a lot of high profile golfers (like Woods) are no-shows.

I figure Jim Balsillie -- no dummy in the marketing department--isn't ltreating this as pig in a poke.

Oh, and RIM's revenues were $1.08 BILLION in the first quarter, a whopping 70% over the same time in '06. I'd back that horse every time.

It's not like the Glieberman's were doing this.

 

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Fill in the blanks for me, Flash.

 

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Because none of the above are NHL hockey.

With respect, I pretty much think you are on crack when it comes to this issue. And I say that not as a hockey fan, but as someone that is trying to think like a businessperson.