NHL Expansion: Back to Atlanta?

[Pete]

9 hours ago, Long live the King said:

TV market is overrated.  SJS and ANH are in big markets.  1 national game between them.  National game focus on star power, rivalries, and good teams from the previous year.

Correct. It's about season ticket packages and corporate sponsors, arena naming rights, etc.

 

It's also not about how many fans you draw, it's about % capacity. Two teams can draw 17,000 fans, but one of them is at 102% withstanding room only and the other is at 90%, that 90% team still has work to do.