Thrashers moving to Winnipeg

[MikeO]

This thread is about Atlanta losing a team.  Last time I checked, all Miami's teams were still in Miami. 

The thread evolved into Atlanta being a terrible sports city and what are other terrible sports city's. 

And Miami has all of their sports teams....for now! The Panthers could bolt at any time. It's not like they are the hottest thing to hit South Florida popularity wise.  And I don't trust Stephen Ross as far as I could throw him. If the Fins stink for the next few years and nobody goes to games he could pack it up and leave and I wouldn't be shocked one bit! Especially if another city made him a sweet ass deal

[Sunstroke]

Crowds are down for the Braves, Hawks and Falcons...they were dismal for the Thrashers.  Why would the NHL put another franchise in that city?  This was a failured experiment.

So was the Atlanta Flames experiment...but they got another team after that one left in 1980.



(edited to clear the air of my branding brainfart)

[Phishfan]

^^^I think you mean the Flames? The Stars were in MN.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ Ooops...yeah, I meant the Flames. My bad.

[MikeO]

I challenge you to go the next 1,000 posts without using those dumb ass emoticons.  People get your drift without the eye rolling thing.

---Side note, I wish Dave would remove those damn things---

  Opps, you win!

I will keep using them! 

[MikeO]

Now, THAT said, I agree with MikeO's stance here.  StL talked about Miami having all of it's sports teams but a lot of that is out of pure, dumb luck.  It's a matter of time before the Panthers leave.  The Marlins were this (-) close to going to San Antonio for a while (and still could if this stadium falls through) and the Dolphins, believe it or not, were once parts of rumors as one team that might be a viable option to move to L.A.

Not to mention the Miami Hurricanes even when they are good don't draw fly's to their games.

[Brian Fein]

Not to mention the Miami Hurricanes even when they are good don't draw fly's to their games.

This is a blatant lie.

And has nothing to do with this thread.

[Phishfan]

^^^ I don't know if I would call it a lie but it may be since I don't think Miami has been all that good since they moved into Dolphin Stadium, but their attendance is lacking.

[Landshark]

^^^ I don't know if I would call it a lie but it may be since I don't think Miami has been all that good since they moved into Dolphin Stadium, but their attendance is lacking.

Being all that good is a relative term.  Hurricanes, Gators, and Seminoles fans expect their teams to contend for the national championship every year.  Anything less is a disappointment.  Getting 7 or 8 wins and a second tier bowl game every year (like Miami has done recently) would be acceptable at some schools, but not Miami.

[Brian Fein]

Sun Life Stadium is too big for the Hurricanes, I think.  They used to sell out the Orange Bowl every game.  They thought, "let's get greedy, add more seats, and make more money"

They still sell A LOT of tickets, even though the stadium LOOKS emptier, because it is bigger.  The way he stated it is like it was a mid-day Marlins game, with 300 people in the stands...

[Landshark]

Sun Life Stadium is too big for the Hurricanes, I think.  They used to sell out the Orange Bowl every game.  They thought, "let's get greedy, add more seats, and make more money"

They still sell A LOT of tickets, even though the stadium LOOKS emptier, because it is bigger.  The way he stated it is like it was a mid-day Marlins game, with 300 people in the stands...

Not that much bigger.  The Orange Bowl could seat up to 74,000.  Sun Life Stadium has a seating capacity of 75,000.

[Brian Fein]

^^ I didn't think the OB was that high.  Is that including the miserable bleachers in the open end?

Also, Sun Life is farther from the UM campus.  Not that that's an excuse, but it is a factor.

[Sunstroke]

Winnipeg seems pretty excited to get a hockey team back...they met their goal of selling 13,000 season tickets in a matter of minutes.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=6625982

[Landshark]

^^ I didn't think the OB was that high.  Is that including the miserable bleachers in the open end?

Also, Sun Life is farther from the UM campus.  Not that that's an excuse, but it is a factor.

I'm guessing it does include the bleachers, which would be expanded for bigger games.  Also, the Orange Bowl was not as cavernous or spacious.  The seats were VERY close to the field and would pack in the spectators, making crowd noise more of a factor. 

[SportsChick]

Maine - I think the original story said that the AHL team that is there now will be relocated - I think they said the stadium seats around 15K and they should be good at filling that