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Originally Posted by ericmacm
Atlanta has become a completely different city since 2011. It has gotten significantly larger and significantly richer since that time. I don’t think Atlanta will have a problem this time around.
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It's not about the size of the city back then and now. The Thrashers had two things that went against them. First, most fans lived in the suburbs north of the city, and didn't want to fight the notorious Atlanta traffic. Second, Phillips Arena had another tenant, the Hawks, so losing one tenant was not as big of a deal as it would be for an arena to lose its only tenant.
If an arena is built in the suburb of Duluth, it will be close to a lot of fans, and it will be in a prosperous area. That would be the best key to success for the NHL to succeed in the Atlanta area again.