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NHL 2026: The Olympics Will Be Mammoth!

Detroit is north of Cleveland. I would like them, or at any rate some other MI location, in.

Of course what I really want is the UP. After Climate Change I hope Sault Ste. Marie, Houghton, and Marquette each have over one million people and NHL franchises. Canton and Potsdam NY, too. The Great Lakes as the Mediterranean and the St. Lawrence River as the Moselle.

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Fig. 1 The North Country, 2126

That is rivalry hockey.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
You might actually get that. The reports also include that the PWHL is requiring a 10k seat minimum for the arena, putting serious doubts on Denver and Detroit.
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I swear to God if Chicago is awarded a team at the single worst arena for hockey (Allstate Arena)... 😡

Parking lots have more banking than the lower bowl at Allstate Arena. Plywood has more curve. Saskatchewan wishes it was as flat as the lower bowl.
 
Jimjamesak said:
You might actually get that. The reports also include that the PWHL is requiring a 10k seat minimum for the arena, putting serious doubts on Denver and Detroit.
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That seems like it would put doubts on a lot of cities. But the arena minimum doesn't really matter in that case for a Detroit team. If they don't play at LCA, they won't be in Detroit. There isn't another arena in the city, or even the metro area. Without a seating minimum they could play in Windsor with 6,500 seats, but there's that whole thing going on right now. If not that, then the only close options to Metro Detroit would be USA Hockey, which only seats 3,500, or Yost, which already has space issues.

If 10k is legit, Grand Rapids would be the only team able to host a team in Michigan in that case, but Van Andel is pretty busy. And there's a chance the area is getting saturated with sports. They have the Whitecaps (High A Baseball), Griffins (AHL), Gold (G League), Rise (MLV), and are getting an MLS Next team. But, hockey is popular and besides the Griffins it's an hour to Kalamazoo for WMU or East Lansing for MSU, so there could be a crowd for more hockey.
 
If I had to guess, they’ll continue to keep USA and Canadian teams equal for another round. Gun to my head I’d say Detroit and Denver, Edmonton and Calgary.

The Canadian ones are tougher to decide. They’ve done takeover tour games in Winnipeg, Quebec, Halifax, and Hamilton. I settled on Calgary as I figure they’d like the battle of Alberta to be a thing.
 
state of hockey said:
If I had to guess, they’ll continue to keep USA and Canadian teams equal for another round. Gun to my head I’d say Detroit and Denver, Edmonton and Calgary.

The Canadian ones are tougher to decide. They’ve done takeover tour games in Winnipeg, Quebec, Halifax, and Hamilton. I settled on Calgary as I figure they’d like the battle of Alberta to be a thing.
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I think you’re correct on the idea but wrong on the cities. Edmonton is likely. Calgary is almost next to impossible because the Saddledome is pretty much booked up between the Flames, Wranglers (AHL), Hitmen (WHL), and the lacrosse team and Calgary doesn’t have another arena. Denver runs the same issue with Ball Arena and the Avs, Nuggets, and lacrosse plus Kroenke doesn’t play well with others. They could use Magness but the capacity seems to make it a nonstarter. Detroit seems to have similar issues with the Wings and Pistons.

If I’m guessing, I’d say the cities end up being Chicago and Denver (they’ll either end up at Magness or figure something out with Kroenke) in the US and probably Edmonton and Quebec City in Canada. Denver and Edmonton because they desperately need teams closer to Seattle and Vancouver and Chicago and Quebec City because they both have easily available arenas (even if Allstate Arena does suck). Though I could see Halifax and Detroit in there too.
 
Kepler said:
Wait, wait, wait. Van Andel hosts baseball? How? There isn't nearly enough room.
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No, they play in an outdoor park.

I believe the comment was a separate thought about over satuation of the GR market for the size of the city. It has a lot going on considering the population.
 
Bronco said:
No, they play in an outdoor park.

I believe the comment was a separate thought about over satuation of the GR market for the size of the city. It has a lot going on considering the population.
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Correct. Though I’m now thinking of how an indoor baseball league could work. Possibly a blernsball variant.
 
Gophers play a good number of their home games in USBank stadium. Obviously it is a bit different with it being a football stadium and all.

Terrible place to watch baseball, by the way.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
Correct. Though I’m now thinking of how an indoor baseball league could work. Possibly a blernsball variant.
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Something in the back of my head thinks there was once an indoor softball league. Or at least, a fad where softball was played indoors. There were all kinds of special rules to make it work. I think there was some sports complex on Long Island which advertised it a lot. Kepler, any recollection of this?
 
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