MafiaMan Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Seattle has a number of billionaires, so a billion bucks for a team isn't too much to ask. But the NBA might just add two teams in Europe (like London, Paris, or Barcelona) where they can make bigger bucks. Seattle is the most lucrative empty NBA market in the US left. Fabulous...the World League of American Basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Fabulous...the World League of American Basketball. Forgot Mexico City http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/sport/nba-london-mexico-expansion/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It looks like the CEO of Microsoft is buying the LA Clippers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfaninseattle Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 It looks like the CEO of Microsoft is buying the LA Clippers. Steve Ballmer is a former Microsoft CEO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Steve Ballmer is a former Microsoft CEO. I guess I misread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Is this the one? Seattle has so many Costco, Amazon, Microsoft, and Boeing millionaires, the city is emerald in more ways than one. that became the Colorado Rockies...(Rockie Hockey!), then the New Jersey Devils. Like you guys didn't know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werewolfoflondon Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 He didn't build the building for a program that was going to drop the Fighting Sioux nickname. I don't think he knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 A AHL team would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted June 18, 2014 Author Share Posted June 18, 2014 I would rename ALL of the divisions. The Atlantic would become the Patrick, the Metropolitan would become the Adams, the Central would become the Norris, and the Pacific would become the Smythe. I second that motion! Florida to Seattle...make it happen, Bettman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 I guess Wayne Gretzky is trying to bring a NHL team to Seattle. The group investors he's with, Providence Equity Partners, tried in 2011 to buy the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-takes-first-step-towards-possible-expansion-team-in--unique-market--las-vegas-031915763-nhl.html Looks like the NHL will expand to Las Vegas if enough season tickets are sold to prove Vegas is a viable market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-takes-first-step-towards-possible-expansion-team-in--unique-market--las-vegas-031915763-nhl.html Looks like the NHL will expand to Las Vegas if enough season tickets are sold to prove Vegas is a viable market.Why not? It'd be the only pro game in town. I think the NHL may have had better success with southern expansion had it not picked cities already saturated with pro sports teams (especially Miami). Las Vegas expansion team...Seattle expansion team...Florida Panthers move to Quebec City or even Hartford...NHL gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxVolley Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Why not? It'd be the only pro game in town. I think the NHL may have had better success with southern expansion had it not picked cities already saturated with pro sports teams (especially Miami). Las Vegas expansion team...Seattle expansion team...Florida Panthers move to Quebec City or even Hartford...NHL gold. A rumor this summer had the NHL adding four teams: Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec, and a second Toronto team that would play in the west. The conferences would have even numbers, and the owner would divide at least $2 bill among them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 A rumor this summer had the NHL adding four teams: Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec, and a second Toronto team that would play in the west. The conferences would have even numbers, and the owner would divide at least $2 bill among them. Two teams in the west would even things up. I think the east plan should be to simply move Florida to Quebec City. Oh, and Carolina can head back to Hartford, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfaninseattle Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm not sure what to make of this. Maybe just grandstanding by the mayor since A) the city council needs to approve the modification to the MOU, which isn't too likely, and B) Chris Hansen has no interest in hockey and probably isn't likely to build an arena without an NBA team in his pocket. http://mynorthwest.com/11/2717185/Next-step-toward-Seattle-basketball-hockey-arena-unveiled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Two teams in the west would even things up. I think the east plan should be to simply move Florida to Quebec City. Oh, and Carolina can head back to Hartford, too. Hartford played their games in a Mall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodcon Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-takes-first-step-towards-possible-expansion-team-in--unique-market--las-vegas-031915763-nhl.html Looks like the NHL will expand to Las Vegas if enough season tickets are sold to prove Vegas is a viable market. Vegas would be an interesting experiment, I'd like to see how many people would add a hockey game to their itinerary on a Vegas trip in winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cberkas Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/hockey/arena-focus-quickly-shifts-from-nba-franchise-to-nhl/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redneksioux Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 Awesome looks like this is really going to happen! Id expect seattle to pull the trigger and agree to build and arena soon or the NHL may choose another spot in tukwila or Bellevue. Any of them would be fine with me. Best of all this isn't dependant on an nba team:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted March 5, 2015 Author Share Posted March 5, 2015 The Seattle Thunderbirds and the Las Vegas Fuzzy Dice. Make it happen, NHL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 The Seattle Thunderbirds and the Las Vegas Fuzzy Dice. Make it happen, NHL! Las Vegas Roulette Las Vegas Black Jacks <-- that's really not that bad ... Las Vegas Gamblers Las Vegas Craps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farce poobah Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Take a penalty in Las Vegas and you are in the Sin City Sin Bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegas_Sioux Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I think we should incorporate our past The Nevada atomics Or The vegas mobsters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Las Vegas Hit Men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MafiaMan Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I think we should incorporate our past The Nevada atomics Or The vegas mobsters Las Vegas Fighting Sioux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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