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Originally Posted by btimmis1
The city of Thunder Bay has issued a "Request for Expressions of Interest" for potential partners and business partners for the proposed $106 Million Thunder Bay Event Centre. The new centre would be built on the site of the current Water Street bus terminal in downtown Port Arthur. A much needed and overdue project for the city. The Fort William Gardens has held up pretty well, but it's time to move forward.
Apparently the Winnipeg Jets are looking at moving their AHL team to Thunder Bay if a new arena is built. Personally, I'm not sure if there is enough support (by support I mean $$$) for that team in addition to the strong community support for the LU Thunderwolves, but maybe the improved travel situation for players to and from Winnipeg means they can accept reduced revenue?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunde...ners-1.1309730
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfou...ckey-1.2505192
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This is one of the reasons the Toronto Maple Leafs left St. Johns . It had nothing to do with attendance as they sold out all the time .
The problem was two fold . First the division they were in required alot of travelling as no teams are close by . Second , teams like to call up or send down players on an ongoing basis and from St.Johns it was costly and not the best situation . They sometimes need a player on that very game day and they couldnt make it to Toronto on time .
We wont sell out a game on a regular basis in Thunder Bay , but these factors will offset everything .
Theres truly big players involved in getting this project to work , so i think they have done their homework as there not in it to lose money.
The spin off for the city in terms of dollars will be huge .