Strike up the Brass Bonanza, Part 2
SPORTING GOODS
I'm no economist, but these guys are, and they have done a study of the metropolitan areas that could most handle another (or a first) major professional sports team, and those that are the most overextended.LA and Philly rank 1-2 as sports cities that could handle another team with no problem, and then good old Hartford comes in 3rd. Based on various factors, they have also recommended which league should expand into each area, with Hartford of course being a candidate for an NHL team.
Meanwhile, Phoenix ranks #2 on the most overextended cities list. I doubt the NHL would do this, but how much sense would it make to get hockey out of the stinking desert and back into Connecticut where it belongs?
posted by Darlucky at 2/21/2006 01:35:00 PM
4 Comments:
Though I can't argue with taking hockey out of Phoenix, I do wonder why it would flourish in Hartford now whereas they couldn't give tickets away in a high school math class 10 years ago. I happen to think that if a new sports team did come to hartford, it should be basketball. You can't tell me that the Storrs area isn't crazy about hoops.
maybe the infrastructure could handle it but there's no fanbase. those that still follow hockey are fans of the bruins, rangers, islanders, or hurricanes.
also, hartford is a big fat dump.
-O
they would definitely need to get rid of the hartford civic center, and make it a place people would want to visit for a game, not a place where patrons are deciding between going to a game or getting another orange julius.
I imagine that with good marketing and a new arena, people in CT could get excited about hockey again. maybe i'm being naive. if anything, compared to baseball, football, and basketball, people are the least entrenched with their current rooting interest. it's probably hartford's only shot.
then again, maybe hartford doesn't really need to have a shot. it gets enough of those on a nightly basis. ooh!
yeah, like moving the city to North Carolina!
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