Post by blackthorne on Apr 26, 2005 14:17:06 GMT -5
Here's my beef lately: We don't need a $20 million dollar team payroll.
GIVE WINNIPEG MORE CREDIT.
I've thought of revenue sources/streams that Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa haven't even dreamed about.
Sure, we have the smallest arena capacity and among the fewest luxury suites, but in the 21st century NHL that's irrelevant.
We can make even more money than the Flames and Oilers do, if we have ambitious owners. Some people on here, members of the media, True North/Moose executives seem completely clueless when they suggest Winnipeg would have to have the lowest team payroll in the NHL.
It's because we have so many hockey fans in this city and this province that make revenue sources aside from ticket sales so vital - and will make them so sought-after.
Who says Winnipeg can't have a team payroll of $35 million? Tell me why we can't. The Oilers have a team payroll of $35 million, they made money last year, and they don't even have A QUARTER of the revenue spinoffs that we could potentially have here in Winnipeg!
What saddens (and angers) me is the fact that the bigwigs at True North likely have no clue about them. I know I rant a lot on here about anything and everything regarding the "Return of the Jets", but the most important thing to me has always been for the "key people" in this to realize how much money they could make by being part-owners of an NHL team in Winnipeg.
Don't say we'd need a very low payroll to compete and be profitable, because it's not true.
I roll my eyes whenever someone says "Winnipeg would need the lowest payroll in the NHL" or "It must be lower than $30 million if we have any hope."
GIVE WINNIPEG MORE CREDIT.
I've thought of revenue sources/streams that Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa haven't even dreamed about.
Sure, we have the smallest arena capacity and among the fewest luxury suites, but in the 21st century NHL that's irrelevant.
We can make even more money than the Flames and Oilers do, if we have ambitious owners. Some people on here, members of the media, True North/Moose executives seem completely clueless when they suggest Winnipeg would have to have the lowest team payroll in the NHL.
It's because we have so many hockey fans in this city and this province that make revenue sources aside from ticket sales so vital - and will make them so sought-after.
Who says Winnipeg can't have a team payroll of $35 million? Tell me why we can't. The Oilers have a team payroll of $35 million, they made money last year, and they don't even have A QUARTER of the revenue spinoffs that we could potentially have here in Winnipeg!
What saddens (and angers) me is the fact that the bigwigs at True North likely have no clue about them. I know I rant a lot on here about anything and everything regarding the "Return of the Jets", but the most important thing to me has always been for the "key people" in this to realize how much money they could make by being part-owners of an NHL team in Winnipeg.
Don't say we'd need a very low payroll to compete and be profitable, because it's not true.
I roll my eyes whenever someone says "Winnipeg would need the lowest payroll in the NHL" or "It must be lower than $30 million if we have any hope."
