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the winnipeg sandbox » winnipeg sports... » other sports discussion... » Phoenix Coyotes may be coming back to Winnipeg. Manitoba Post

Phoenix Coyotes may be coming back to Winnipeg. Manitoba Post

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grumpy old man

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Lifted from the darkside. Too juicy to ignore...
The Manitoba Post has learned talks are underway with True North Sports & Entertainment Ltd. and a Phoenix real estate investment group looking to buy the Phoenix Coyotes NHL team and move them to Winnipeg. Members of the investors group flew into Winnipeg from Phoenix last night and left for Phoenix late this afternoon. A few members of the group were spotted in Winnipeg two weeks ago, and we can confirm they were meeting with True North today. True North Sports said they had no comment for the Manitoba Post. The NHL in New York said they are unaware of any deal to move the Coyotes to Winnipeg.

Posted by Manitoba Post.com at Thursday, April 30, 2009

Deank

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nice to see the devil at work

wpg_idiot

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What's the MB post? I'm sure not getting my hopes up on this one!

Deank

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and in related news..

Phoenix denies that the NHL has taken over the cash strapped team
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Phoenix-Coyotes-president-denies-report-that-NHL-has-taken-over-team.html

grumpy old man

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Not sure who they (he? her?) are...

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I wouldn't hold my breath for this to take place...

grumpy old man

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Can an NHL team "break even" playing in Winnipeg? If you owned the Coyotes would you want to continue pouring millions and millions down the drain while drowning in Phoenix? Or lose a whole lot less. Break even maybe. In Winnipeg? Or shut 'er down and write her off as I doubt there are too many gazillionaires out there looking to buy a money-hemorrhaging hockey team.

Dare to dream!

Deank

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LOL that would be awesome have an NHL team and a AHL team and our AHL team is not the farm team for our NHL one...

Bartron

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If we got an NHL team they would probably get rid off the moose.

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Yes as Chipman would be involved in the NHL team if and when .

rosencrentz

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Manitoba Post??? Ha Ha Ha Ha!! Isn't that the biggest paper out of Lockport??

http://www.elansofas.com

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grumpy old man wrote:Can an NHL team "break even" playing in Winnipeg? If you owned the Coyotes would you want to continue pouring millions and millions down the drain while drowning in Phoenix? Or lose a whole lot less. Break even maybe. In Winnipeg? Or shut 'er down and write her off as I doubt there are too many gazillionaires out there looking to buy a money-hemorrhaging hockey team.

Dare to dream!

It would be hard to break even in Winnipeg, since they built the arena too small (15,000). We would be at a disadvantage compared to other Canadian cities who have much larger rinks (17,000-21,000). In a perfect world we could just raise ticket prices to offset this, but I'm pretty sure most Winnipeggers wouldn't be spending $80 on an average ticket.

Having said that, I'm sure we would definitely outdraw some of the current US teams, who deliberately inflate attendance figurees. If we could find a way to add 1,500 additional seats in the arena, I see no reason why the NHL would not work here. I have no idea if that is even possible.

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HurtinAlbertan wrote:
grumpy old man wrote:Can an NHL team "break even" playing in Winnipeg? If you owned the Coyotes would you want to continue pouring millions and millions down the drain while drowning in Phoenix? Or lose a whole lot less. Break even maybe. In Winnipeg? Or shut 'er down and write her off as I doubt there are too many gazillionaires out there looking to buy a money-hemorrhaging hockey team.

Dare to dream!

It would be hard to break even in Winnipeg, since they built the arena too small (15,000). We would be at a disadvantage compared to other Canadian cities who have much larger rinks (17,000-21,000). In a perfect world we could just raise ticket prices to offset this, but I'm pretty sure most Winnipeggers wouldn't be spending $80 on an average ticket.

Having said that, I'm sure we would definitely outdraw some of the current US teams, who deliberately inflate attendance figurees. If we could find a way to add 1,500 additional seats in the arena, I see no reason why the NHL would not work here. I have no idea if that is even possible.
Make people smaller. lol!

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Deank

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heh, we are trying to... haven't you seen the immigration numbers from the phillipines?

FlyingRat

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Make all couples share a seat!

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Cannot the sides be pushed out on the phone booth.

FlyingRat

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They could but some benches up in the rafters!

Deank

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Pavolo wrote:Cannot the sides be pushed out on the phone booth.
you mean like when they expanded the arena?

yeah that could happen I suppose. or just go straight up and put a third level in.

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I do believe that is in the plans they just stopped as it wasn't needed .

Deank

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actually they were stopped because their plans to close down Hargrave permanently were denied.

grumpy old man

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That's the way I heard it as well. Suggest we not try to shoe-horn on a few thousand more seats. Do it right or go home.

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The plans were made for it it is not shoe horning , wait if it doe's come Hargrave will close in a instant .

Deank

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just change the roof to be a big glass roof. Winnipegers are cheap enough that enough people would pay $10 to watch an NHL game if all they had to do was lay down and look through the windows Smile

FlyingRat

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Turn Hargrave into a tunnel!

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That is a real possibility .

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