Will NHL hockey work in Vegas?
It’ll work at least the first season because the new ownership group has deposits on 14,000 season-ticket packages from the locals, not the casinos, travel agencies, etc. The new T-Mobile Arena where the team will play holds 17,500. The real test comes a few years in if the team sucks and Vegas tourists get tired of $100 hockey tickets. Will the Vegas team be able to get free agents? No income tax, short flight to California, big powerful school systems like Bishop Gorman. They’ll get free agents.
Numbers from @ESPNStatsInfo:
Since 2009, MLB teams are 682-0 when leading by at least 9 runs entering the 8th inning