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Post by Critical Eye on Apr 22, 2015 19:01:52 GMT -4
Referencing the "Farewell To Nova Scotia", Finally I noted last night after the team handshake, the Moose players went over to their fans to acknowledge their presence, the fans stood up to applaud and as the Moose were exiting the ice, all Cat fans in my area and others stood up and gave the Moose a fine applaud which we were all happy to do. It was a class end, for sure! Something that's unique to hockey and Canada....
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Post by Critical Eye on Apr 22, 2015 19:06:30 GMT -4
I must say the width of the concession hall is amazing, you must feel claustrophobic getting a beet at the Scotiabank Centre. However the parking lot was a gong show The beer line was a gong show too! Really, we transfered Nova Scotia's Moosehead beer operation to Newbie for this?
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Post by Conky on Apr 22, 2015 19:12:03 GMT -4
You don't think Halifax could support two major junior teams? Absolutely not. we couldn't even fill the small multi purpose centre when samoa joe was here for the wrestlecentre show on april 9th.
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Post by MikeC on Apr 22, 2015 19:37:53 GMT -4
You don't think Halifax could support two major junior teams? Absolutely not. I think Halifax could support a 2nd team better than any other maritime market currently without a team, and likely better than a couple of maritime markets currently with teams.
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 22, 2015 20:01:33 GMT -4
I think Halifax could support a 2nd team better than any other maritime market currently without a team, and likely better than a couple of maritime markets currently with teams. But I doubt current Moosehead fans would switch allegiance ... so they'd struggle right out of the gate. If the Mooseheads were a struggling market in a market with the potential that is there now ... then I think two teams could work hard to grab their share of a big market. Tough to do that now though with the success of the Mooseheads that has become part of the fabric of the entire HRM.
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Post by seαωo|f on Apr 22, 2015 20:28:17 GMT -4
I think Halifax could support a 2nd team better than any other maritime market currently without a team, and likely better than a couple of maritime markets currently with teams. But I doubt current Moosehead fans would switch allegiance ... so they'd struggle right out of the gate. If the Mooseheads were a struggling market in a market with the potential that is there now ... then I think two teams could work hard to grab their share of a big market. Tough to do that now though with the success of the Mooseheads that has become part of the fabric of the entire HRM. I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club.
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 22, 2015 20:58:29 GMT -4
But I doubt current Moosehead fans would switch allegiance ... so they'd struggle right out of the gate. If the Mooseheads were a struggling market in a market with the potential that is there now ... then I think two teams could work hard to grab their share of a big market. Tough to do that now though with the success of the Mooseheads that has become part of the fabric of the entire HRM. I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club. It is the same argument with Toronto always being talked about having a 2nd NHL team ... millions of Leaf fans aren't going to support the new team.
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Post by MikeC on Apr 22, 2015 21:01:45 GMT -4
But I doubt current Moosehead fans would switch allegiance ... so they'd struggle right out of the gate. If the Mooseheads were a struggling market in a market with the potential that is there now ... then I think two teams could work hard to grab their share of a big market. Tough to do that now though with the success of the Mooseheads that has become part of the fabric of the entire HRM. I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club. I don't think it would work in the Sportsplex. It's just not big enough. They'd have to share the Metro Centre.
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Post by MikeC on Apr 22, 2015 21:03:34 GMT -4
I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club. It is the same argument with Toronto always being talked about having a 2nd NHL team ... millions of Leaf fans aren't going to support the new team. I'm also of the opinion that a 2nd team in Toronto would immediately be the 3rd or 4th richest team in the NHL.
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Post by mooseinfo on Apr 22, 2015 21:10:17 GMT -4
But I doubt current Moosehead fans would switch allegiance ... so they'd struggle right out of the gate. If the Mooseheads were a struggling market in a market with the potential that is there now ... then I think two teams could work hard to grab their share of a big market. Tough to do that now though with the success of the Mooseheads that has become part of the fabric of the entire HRM. I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club. I could see it working in Halifax to a certain extent. You have different areas even within HRM that have never changed from Dartmouth, Sackville, Bedford etc. Even North and South end tend to have their own identities. Many would not cross the bridge until new shopping was in Dartmouth Crossing. Many would not go downtown for a game but would go to the forum, if there were seats. It might take sometime but the two teams should sell out when playing each other. Not sure what would be the numbers they would need but moving a team would be best. Local players would drive interest more and media is good here for that. Instant rival. I could see the old areas turning against Halifax as a group if team outside like Dartmouth. Only problem is size of arena but cost would be down too. 2 games same night would be a drag on attendance though. There was crazy talk of OHL one time too though.
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Post by seαωo|f on Apr 22, 2015 23:09:36 GMT -4
I wonder if what you said would be a problem if the second team played at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. There are a lot of Mooseheads fans from across the bridge and I wouldn't be surprised if they switched allegiances to support a Dartmouth QMJHL club. I don't think it would work in the Sportsplex. It's just not big enough. They'd have to share the Metro Centre. The Dartmouth Sportsplex almost got the Hamilton Canucks in the early 90's. And, I believe, the Mooseheads were originally going to play there in '94. It seats 3,000 people for a hockey game. That would be the 13th largest seating capacity in the league and if they sold-out every game, they'd rank 6th in QMJHL average attendance. Also, Colisée Desjardins and the Marcel Dionne Centre are only 50km apart. If both the Tigres and the Volitgeurs can survive in Central Québec (pop. 225,000), I doubt the Mooseheads and Dartmouth H.C. would have trouble surviving in the HRM (pop. 415,000).
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Post by guru on Apr 22, 2015 23:27:14 GMT -4
we couldn't even fill the small multi purpose centre when samoa joe was here for the wrestlecentre show on april 9th. I was there!
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Post by guru on Apr 22, 2015 23:30:59 GMT -4
I don't think it would work in the Sportsplex. It's just not big enough. They'd have to share the Metro Centre. The Dartmouth Sportsplex almost got the Hamilton Canucks in the early 90's. And, I believe, the Mooseheads were originally going to play there in '94. It seats 3,000 people for a hockey game. That would be the 13th largest seating capacity in the league and if they sold-out every game, they'd rank 6th in QMJHL average attendance. Also, Colisée Desjardins and the Marcel Dionne Centre are only 50km apart. If both the Tigres and the Volitgeurs can survive in Central Québec (pop. 225,000), I doubt the Mooseheads and Dartmouth H.C. would have trouble surviving in the HRM (pop. 415,000). 3000 not good enough anymore. The only rinks that can hold people are both in Halifax, based on that, I don't think it could work for two teams. Would be cool if you could put another team in Sackville or Dartmouth.
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Post by seαωo|f on Apr 22, 2015 23:49:37 GMT -4
The Dartmouth Sportsplex almost got the Hamilton Canucks in the early 90's. And, I believe, the Mooseheads were originally going to play there in '94. It seats 3,000 people for a hockey game. That would be the 13th largest seating capacity in the league and if they sold-out every game, they'd rank 6th in QMJHL average attendance. Also, Colisée Desjardins and the Marcel Dionne Centre are only 50km apart. If both the Tigres and the Volitgeurs can survive in Central Québec (pop. 225,000), I doubt the Mooseheads and Dartmouth H.C. would have trouble surviving in the HRM (pop. 415,000). 3000 not good enough anymore. The only rinks that can hold people are both in Halifax, based on that, I don't think it could work for two teams. Would be cool if you could put another team in Sackville or Dartmouth. I'd love to see more teams in Atlantic Canada period.
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Post by SteveUL on Apr 23, 2015 6:54:29 GMT -4
we couldn't even fill the small multi purpose centre when samoa joe was here for the wrestlecentre show on april 9th. I was there! I'm sure you were. Did you yell at the wrestlers and call them names ?
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