Forsyth County gave full approval for the arena project and surrounding area on the condition that it lands an NHL team. The Krause group is expected to present its project to the NHL after the CBA is done.
Forsyth County gave full approval for the arena project and surrounding area on the condition that it lands an NHL team. The Krause group is expected to present its project to the NHL after the CBA is done.
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I personally hope they’re named the Firebirds and combine the branding of the Flames and Thrashers along with the “blueland” blue. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gathering-south-forsyth-nhl-team-development-meeting.amp
3rd times a charm 😏
Here’s the actual article rather than a screen capture of the title https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/gathering-south-forsyth-nhl-team-development-meeting
So, where does the third incarnation of an Atlanta NHL team move to after it fails if this happens? Does Quebec finally get a team?
Hmmm I can’t recall them ever trying hockey in Atlanta before. I’m sure there’s no chance of it failing.
Awesome! This will make for a tonne of jokes when Atlanta fails a third fucking time.
If only the league would expand teams in markets that have a fan base willing to support hockey
People: “I want hockey to grow”… League targets one of the largest metro areas in America…. “No not like that!”.
The NBA is learning in their finals you need metro areas for fans. Lowest NBA final viewership nearly EVER except for Covid. I hope they thrive in ATL the league needs it.
If Sunrise Florida can have a team ATLANTA can for sure…
Honestly it’s really cool that there seems to be so much more drive to expand the NHL than there is for other major leagues. I think a 36-team league with 6 divisions of 6 teams would be real entertaining.
It’ll fail in 5 years and then move to Houston. Canada isn’t getting another team.
Noooooooo! Atlanta is a shit hole.
They’re really gonna do this again?
Houston should get a crack at it first and maybe even Wisconsin if they’re gonna expand.
What should we name them?
What could wrong a third time?
Glad I moved north traffic is going to be even worse…..
Omg, another Atlanta franchise can fuck ALLLL the way off
Would love to see an Atlanta hockey club be successful but I just don’t see it succeeding, especially that far north of the actual city
This arena is like 45 minutes away from the city. Who is the target audience here??
Why does Atlanta get a 3rd NHL team yet Toronto still doesn’t even have one?
I’ll show myself out now
so third time is the charm then..? Or..
Welcome back Nordiques
Being back the Nordiques
3rd times the charm. But seriously why not try anywhere else?
If you build it, it will remain empty
There go the jets again!
Kraken have big octopus on there chest
3rd reincarnated Atlanta team salt lake city utah
We are now officially more likely to get the return of the Atlanta Thrashers than the Quebec Nordiques
This league is a joke, sure let’s try Atlanta instead of actual hockey markets that don’t have a team.
This should surprise absolutely fucking nobody.
Provided ownership isn’t a festering bucket of ass cancer and malignant stupidity this time (Atlanta Spirit Group were complete hockey terrorists and I will die on this hill), there’s potential for an Atlanta hockey team to establish itself, just like the Lightning, Hurricanes and Predators have elsewhere in the Southeast.
That said. This expansion had *BETTER* be accompanied by Texas getting a second team. Houston or Austin, I don’t care which, just put a second goddamn team in that state.
I congratulate Quebec City on their new NHL franchise.
I look forward to the nhl moving out of Atlanta again.
Ah shit, here we go again…
Hey maybe the 3rd time’s the charm.
Hey I’m all for it since Atlanta moved to the Jet’s so another team can come back!
Congratulations Quebec, you just got yourself a new team!
As long as it is not owned by Arthur Blank, the team has a chance at doing well.
Thrashers 2? Electric boogaloo?!
We’ll get GTA6 and half life 3 and winds of winter before Quebec gets a team
Forsyth = BFE
Thrashers’s’s
Please god no. 32 teams is enough. At least for a decade or something.
Can we give the fuck up on Atlanta already and give another city a chance?
I can’t wait to see where this Atlanta team moves to in 3-5 seasons.
The Atlanta Flames failed because the owners, Cousins Properties, were bankrupt from business deals and needed to sell to the highest bidder.
The Atlanta Thrashers failed because the team was sold around the 2005 lockout to the Atlanta Spirit group, who never had enough money. They weren’t even the legitimate bidders! David McDavid, a car dealer from Texas, put in the highest bid but Bettman gave it to the Atlanta Spirit group since they had a few small token local owners, even though the primary owners were from DC and Boston. Atlanta Spirit owned the Thrashers, the Hawks, and the arena. Not only did they have no money, but they sued each other for control of the teams for the last five years of their ownership.
In the end, David McDavid sued Turner who sold the Thrashers to Atlanta Spirit for $200 MM and won a big settlement.
When the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg, deputy commissioner Bill Daly said he would consider a third Atlanta metro franchise if it was located in the northern suburbs. And here we are.