Balsillie wants a Cup run IN NASHVILLE!

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Sid does not play for a sun belt team, so no it is not the case.

He's not talking about fixing Sun Belt teams, he's talking about fixing the league's most marketable young star for many years to come.

Pittsburgh and Crosby in the Stanley cup finals would be a serious draw, hands down. I'd watch them no matter who they played, even if they played a team like the Miami Mouseketteers

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smoke and mirrors, the minute he get his team, ticket prices are JACKED up and a team of scrubs is put out there.

That article (really a blog, not a very official document) conterdicts hundreds of others saying the complete opposite

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smoke and mirrors, the minute he get his team, ticket prices are JACKED up and a team of scrubs is put out there.

That article (really a blog, not a very official document) conterdicts hundreds of others saying the complete opposite

yeah, and all of the articles thusfar have been from canada.

as for ticket prices, they're already set for next season and renewals have already been sent in. He could raise prices in two seasons, but not the coming season. and also, he can't just come in and "major league" the team, as stated in the transfer of ownership agreement, he has to operate the club in good faith in order to be granted a relocation. The NHL doesn't want guys to just come and buy up teams to move them around to their hometowns. They want to exhaust every possibility in the current markets before bailing on them.

Edited June 8, 2007 by Legionnaire11

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Exactly. The whole reason his deal with the Pens fell through is because Bettman refused to let him move it out of PIttsburgh.

Fixed it for you.

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Has he even put the clause in play?????? If so what's keeping him from telling his people only sell 13,500 tickets for most games, and the ones he know's will be big sell the place out. Therefore giving him th means to move. I know, I know, why would a business man not want to make money. Tax write off. Why do you think Mikey bought the tigers when they sucked, to offset the wings. So he loses money for a year then moves the team north. He's a CANADIAN business man, I'm sure he usually gets what he wants. But good luck, I like going to games in Nashville, no snow.

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http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/predato...oost/100293.htm

[June 7, 2007, 9:32 pm]

"Predators Get A Ticket Sales Boost"

The Nashville predators will get a big boost Friday to stay in town.

That’s when the Nashville Chamber of Commerce will announce businesses are joining together to increase ticket sales.

Why work so hard to keep the predators?

Shannon Lillie wants the predators to stay in Nashville, if only for the money.

When she's not singing at this lower Broad Honky Tonk, Shannon is works as a bartender.

“Every year because of hockey fans, we know we're going to be busy†says Lillie.

Shannon may be busy for years to come if business owners and a number of business organizations have their way.

Chamber executives declined interviews Thursday, but they will announce a working agreement to keep the Preds here, working along side the convention and visitors bureau, the downtown partnership and the sports council.

That's music to the ears of business owners.

Brenda Sanderson and her husband own a number of bars along lower Broad.

“All of us think it's very important the predators stay in Nashville†Brenda Sanderson said.

Sanderson remembers two years ago when there were no games because of a player's strike.

Instead of crowds like those that filled the streets Thursday for CMA, lower Broad was deserted.

“It made a very grim winter,†Sanderson said.

That's the reason Nashville's biggest business owners are cooperating to sell more tickets to the coolest game in town.

So people like Shannon Lillie will have someone to sing to when the tourists aren't around.

“We have a lot of people who drive in from out of town and other states just for the games and without them here, I could really tell a difference†Lillie said.

Copyright 2007 by WKRN Nashville Tennessee. All Rights Reserved.

Has he even put the clause in play?????? If so what's keeping him from telling his people only sell 13,500 tickets for most games, and the ones he know's will be big sell the place out.

because in the ownership transfer agreement, it says he has to operate the team "in good faith". It's basically a check/balance to ensure that every effort is made to make the team successful in it's current city. If he comes in, plays by the rules, runs the team in good faith and still can't make it work, then he shouldn't have any roadblocks on his way out of town.

if he comes in and purposely tanks the franchise in order to get out of the lease, he'll have a much more difficult battle in the courts.

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Good news for Nashville.

But isn't the Tennesean the paper that locals say is a joke and is wildly inaccurate?

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Good news for Nashville.

But isn't the Tennesean the paper that locals say is a joke and is wildly inaccurate?

for the most part. They did create Rex Hudler.

This info however is straight from Balsillie's lawyer, there's a link on the Preds boards to his interview on 590. And the latest news I posted is from one of the TV News channels.

today should be even more eventful. at 3:30 there is a press conference with the group that is heading the efforts to get corporate support back on board. then at 5:05 Balsillie's lawyer will be on the radio in nashville. it'll be the first time that anyone from the Balsillie group has spoken to nashville, in nashville.

next month is going to be a big push for tickets too. the big sports station 104.5 is putting together a rally which should make the one the Pens fans held look pretty lame. And there is a group of local bands getting together to put on a concert where all the proceeds are going towards purchasing a few season tickets that will go to the boys and girls club.