from Sportsnet,
A group led by former NHL player Anson Carter says it wants to bring a team to the Atlanta area.
Alpharetta Sports & Entertainment put out a statement Tuesday saying it has started a process aiming at bringing an expansion team to Alpharetta, Ga., about 40 minutes north of Atlanta.
Carter, who also does work as an NHL analyst for Sportsnet and TNT, says his partners include Neil Leibman of Top Tier Sports, Peter Simon of Simon Sports and Aaron Zeigler of Zeigler Entertainment Group.
"I've lived in Atlanta since 2009, and I have no doubt that the best league in the world will thrive in its return to Metro Atlanta," Carter said in a statement. "... I have been in dialogue with commissioner (Gary) Bettman since 2019 about an expansion team returning to the Fulton County Metro Atlanta market, knowing that NHL franchise decisions are exclusively decided by the NHL Board of Governors."
Okay, so which market is losing their club? Because we can't keep expanding.
NO NO NO
1.) Can we just give it a rest with expansion for a few years?
2.) Letting a team go back to Atlanta will be nothing more than a naked money grab. As such the team will have no identity and fans will see it for what it is.
Alpharetta, Ga has a population od 66,000 people and the average home price is $660,000 (which is almost double the national average). So is that an ideal location for a hockey team?
No, it makes zero sense. The Atlanta area has terrible traffic, also.
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