New NHL arena will have $627M Price tag

[Duderonomy]

And people here have said Hockey doesn't draw money http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/2721229f8b435d2bf6ee2affed328f7d61eb37f2/c=242-0-1678-1080&r=x483&c=640x480/local/-/media/2015/11/04/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635822247520550834-Gondola.jpg
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2015/11/04/report-cost-new-red-wings-arena-rises/75146516/

[Draz]

I can't even name a single hockey player.

I can for soccer, football, and even baseball.

Fck I can even for golf

[Rose]

And it's gonna be worth every pizza.:applause:

[BurningHammer]

It's just because it is located in a hockey town that is also very close to Canada, a hockey country.

[hateraid]

Instead of promoting hockey and expanding into markets where it can't grow hey should relocate into established hockey markets. I'm sure places in Eastern Canada would outsell Florida and Phoenix. Move them to Nova Scotia and second team in Toronto. Maybe even Anchorage.

[dazzer87]

For some reason i read it as $627M to purchase the entire league.

[Bosnian Sajo]

It's just because it is located in a hockey town that is also very close to Canada, a hockey country.

What makes it a hockey town, the fact that the city has a team? Would you consider Tampa, FL as a hockey town, too?


Yall dunno what you missing out on, hockey is fun to watch, HYPED AF LIVE THO I SWEAR. I ain't no big fan, but once playoffs come around if the Lightening are still in it, you know I'm rooting for em. Stamkos gonna lead us to glory and I'll hopefully buy playoff tickets on time this time around.

[BurningHammer]

What makes it a hockey town, the fact that the city has a team? Would you consider Tampa, FL as a hockey town, too?

Most hockey towns are on the North side where there are good amount of ice and snow annually; all US Original Six (NY, Boston, Chicago, Detroit), Minnesota, Buffalo, etc.

[Rake2204]

What makes it a hockey town, the fact that the city has a team? Would you consider Tampa, FL as a hockey town, too?


Yall dunno what you missing out on, hockey is fun to watch, HYPED AF LIVE THO I SWEAR. I ain't no big fan, but once playoffs come around if the Lightening are still in it, you know I'm rooting for em. Stamkos gonna lead us to glory and I'll hopefully buy playoff tickets on time this time around.The Red Wings literally have "Hockeytown" written across mid-ice.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3262082804_049c1a4f7f.jpg

Granted, just saying something loudly (or writing it across mid-ice in this case) doesn't make it true, per se. But Detroit is a pretty hockey heavy city.

Moreover, I haven't been super up to date on the Red Wings arena news but I think that arena cost might also include the entire redevelopment of the area they're planning. Detroit's a little unique, with a lot of its issues it's had lately, so alongside the arena, the Illitch family is also basically creating (or recreating) their own little neighborhood.

[knickballer]

Well, atleast it's not entirely funded by public funds.. Article says all the revenue from parking, concessions, etc, will go directly to the owners which obviously isn't fair since a percentage of that should go back to the state. But I guess it's better than what happened in Milwaukee or in NY where the Yankees built a brand new 1 billion dollar stadium right next to a perfectly good stadium(with history) and using a shit ton of public funds. Meanwhile they pay guys like Alex Rodriguez 30million a year but I'm getting off topic here.

[bdreason]

Live Hockey is amazing. The league should be doing everything it can to lower tickets prices and get fans into the arenas to see the game live.

[QuebecBaller]

In Quebec City, we just built a $400M NHL arena and we don't even have to team... yes we did...

Just in case if there would be an expansion in the league or if a team has to move

[TonyMontana]

The thing with hockey is it doesn't have nearly as many "casual fans" as the other sports. The kind of f@gs that dont go to the games, dont spend money, just watch ESPN highlights. I think part of it is because ESPN is butthurt that they dont have the rights to the games, so they never talk about it and ESPN has a near monopoly on sports television.

basically if someone likes Hockey chances are they are hardcore into it, and it's their favorite. The fans at hockey games are the best, bar none.

I like it this way. The NHL is my favorite out of the leagues. It still has a kind of "real" feel to the games. The players actually give a shit. it hasn't been raped by corporatism the same way the NBA, NFL, and MLB have.

[TonyMontana]

Live Hockey is amazing. The league should be doing everything it can to lower tickets prices and get fans into the arenas to see the game live.

except for shithole sports states like Florida, most teams routinely sell out or are at maximum capacity.

like i said in my last post. There are way less casual fans of hockey, but the fans they do have are top notch.

if the casual draftkings retards get to it, it will turn off the fans they do have. retards at the games yelling shoot the entire time.

[DeuceWallaces]

Yeah, kind of an exception because it's the Wings. Probably hands down the best market and brand support outside of Toronto. I'll miss the Joe, but this will be great. I wish Illitch would have fit more of the bill, but at least he didn't totally rape the city.

[Jailblazers7]

Yeah, kind of an exception because it's the Wings. Probably hands down the best market and brand support outside of Toronto. I'll miss the Joe, but this will be great. I wish Illitch would have fit more of the bill, but at least he didn't totally rape the city.

Yeah, I was wondering what the financing would look like with Detroit's issues. It's probably one of the best stadium financing deals regarding public vs private funding but $250M is still a lot to ask for a city that just had the largest muni bankruptcy in US history.

[DeuceWallaces]

Yeah, it's not a great look for him, but in his defense they stayed downtown all those years when Detroit was shit during the 80's and early 90's and the only other thing down there was the old Tiger Stadium. And in the late 90's he built Hockeytown Cafe and revitalized the Fox Theater area along with Comerica Park.