From: "John Beamish" 

If it's financially challenging in Nashville it's going to be financially
gut-wrenching in Cambridge.

Nashville "economic market" is around 1.5 million
http://www.nashvilleareainfo.com/default.aspx?Page=Population

Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo/misc is closer to 750,000
http://www.citypopulation.de/Canada-Ontario.html

He can't put the team in Hamilton (which makes *tremendous* sense because
of some pre-existing facilities) because then he'd be within 50 miles of
Toronto (and have to pay Toronto Maple Leafs ~$US50 million penalty) and I
*think* (didn't check it out) that he'd also be within 50 miles of Buffalo
(and have to pay them as well).

It makes sense, actually, to put it in north Toronto.  He'd still have to
pay the penalty but he'd he be in an area where he could get large crowds
at ridiculous ticket prices (because Toronto Maple Leaf hockey club has a
huge waiting list for season ticket subscribers and they'd likely migrate
to the 'other team' just so they could get their hockey fix).


On Thu, 24 May 2007 21:35:51 -0400, Rich Gauszka
 wrote:

>
> I suspect the speculation on Waterloo started with RIM land purchases
>
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/morrison/2007/05/waterloo_predators_not_a_don
e.html
>
> Waterloo? No rink. Yet. Interestingly, Research in Motion, the company
> for which Balsillie is the co-chief executive officer, recently bought a
> large parcel of land - more than 25 acres - in Cambridge. Draw your own
> conclusions.
>

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