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Originally Posted by Djeffery
There has been some rumours coming out of San Diego. I don't think the time zones matter so much though, considering the mountain time zone teams in the Pacific now and its only 4 months of the season that Phoenix is the same time zone as Edmonton/Calgary. The first 4 weeks and last 6 weeks of the season plus playoffs, they are in the same time zone as the rest of the Pacific division. Central division is multiple time zones as well. I could argue Phoenix should be in the Pacific as they make more sense with those rivalries (especially Vegas) in my mind, but then someone else would need to move to the Central and there isn't any one team that makes any more sense than Phoenix does, and you can't split Alberta, that would be suicide.
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San Diego has enough people, and I bet people are antsy for and would appreciate another pro team after the Chargers left, but without a new arena, I think San Diego is a non-starter. Their current arena was built in 1966 and looks it, so it would be like putting a team in the Forum in Los Angeles or the late Spectrum in Philadelphia. There is apparently interest in building a new arena, but they should probably start working on it soon if they are going to bring an NHL team or NBA team to San Diego. They really need a new arena just for concerts and whatnot anyway.
Portland is the other city out that way that could fit. They have the Trail Blazers arena, and the Penguins almost moved there in the 2000s. But is there interest out there? Is a prospective owner in place?
Of course, I think Arizona in the Pacific Division is good enough, because there are better options in the middle of the United States than there are along the west coast.
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