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#91

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 09:36:18 AM

Even when the Coyotes were in a real arena half the spectators attending were usually fans of visiting teams.  I'm having a hard time deciding if Phoenix was just a bad NHL market it or was just gross mismanagement of the Coyotes franchise that led to the team never getting a foothold.

Moreover, is SLC really a better market?

No, there are way more ideal places for the former Arizona franchise to have landed.  The Golden Knights are more than enough for the entire desert southwest at this point.

Do people from Utah generally root for teams from Las Vegas?

That being said, I don't know where would be a better place. There doesn't seem to be an obvious location in need of a hockey team.

Before the Cardinals were a thing the big following for the NFL in Phoenix was the Broncos.  I'm not sure how that equates for SLC but the distance is similar. 

#92

Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by Rothman - Today at 09:14:45 AM

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

Meh.  25 mph was a good one.  If enforcement isn't cutting it now, it certainly won't at 20.

#93

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by Rothman - Today at 09:13:13 AM

Even when the Coyotes were in a real arena half the spectators attending were usually fans of visiting teams.  I'm having a hard time deciding if Phoenix was just a bad NHL market it or was just gross mismanagement of the Coyotes franchise that led to the team never getting a foothold.

Moreover, is SLC really a better market?

No, there are way more ideal places for the former Arizona franchise to have landed.  The Golden Knights are more than enough for the entire desert southwest at this point.

Do people from Utah generally root for teams from Las Vegas?

That being said, I don't know where would be a better place. There doesn't seem to be an obvious location in need of a hockey team.

Hartford.  Bring back the Whalers!

#94

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by Big John - Today at 09:11:51 AM

Even when the Coyotes were in a real arena half the spectators attending were usually fans of visiting teams.  I'm having a hard time deciding if Phoenix was just a bad NHL market it or was just gross mismanagement of the Coyotes franchise that led to the team never getting a foothold.

Moreover, is SLC really a better market?

No, there are way more ideal places for the former Arizona franchise to have landed.  The Golden Knights are more than enough for the entire desert southwest at this point.

Do people from Utah generally root for teams from Las Vegas?

That being said, I don't know where would be a better place. There doesn't seem to be an obvious location in need of a hockey team.

Milwaukee had been lobbying for a team for a good time until Fiserv Forum was built without consideration of hockey.

#95

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by hotdogPi - Today at 09:11:09 AM

Quebec City. Even though the total population is smaller, Canadian cities generally have a greater percentage of the population interested in hockey than American cities.

EDIT: I'm counting, as an estimate, 1.8 million people in Quebec who are closer to Quebec City than Montreal, and this excludes Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke. Add a small amount more if New Brunswick decides to root for this team.

#96

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by SEWIGuy - Today at 09:06:52 AM

Even when the Coyotes were in a real arena half the spectators attending were usually fans of visiting teams.  I'm having a hard time deciding if Phoenix was just a bad NHL market it or was just gross mismanagement of the Coyotes franchise that led to the team never getting a foothold.

Moreover, is SLC really a better market?

No, there are way more ideal places for the former Arizona franchise to have landed.  The Golden Knights are more than enough for the entire desert southwest at this point.

Do people from Utah generally root for teams from Las Vegas?

That being said, I don't know where would be a better place. There doesn't seem to be an obvious location in need of a hockey team.

#97

Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by crispy93 - Today at 08:55:26 AM

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

#98

Northeast / Re: New York

Last post by crispy93 - Today at 08:54:53 AM

Looks like NYC will soon be able to lower its default speed limit (again) to 20 mph this time: https://archive.is/v6Gax

#99

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by webny99 - Today at 08:21:06 AM

Utah Saints:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Saints

No thanks on this choice - I'm not a fan of the same team names being used in multiple sports to begin with, and the Jazz irony makes it even more distasteful.

#100

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Indiana Notes

Last post by silverback1065 - Today at 08:17:38 AM

The drawings show all of the US 31 signage crossed out. I don't know if that's on a separate letting, but they're not included in the ones for US 20.

can you post a link to the plans?