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Originally Posted by Centropolis
kc was “promised” another major league team with the sprint center...by whom i don't recall.
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Mario Lemieux had threatened to move the Pittsburgh Penguins to Kansas City unless Pittsburgh voted to approve a new arena, which they did. Unfortunately, we later learned that it was just a scare tactic, and that he was never serious about moving the team out of Pittsburgh, and openly admitted that he was just using the Sprint Center as leverage, and essentially "used" KC as an excuse to get the red carpet treatment when he visited the Kansas City officials!! Since then, there hasn't been really any talk about getting an NBA or NHL team.
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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
^ the sprint center is now a dozen years old and still doesn't have a main tenant.
when does KC throw in the towel on NBA/NHL and at least try to get an AHL team or something in there to try to fill some of the seats of that white elephant?
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More than likely, the window of opportunity has essentially closed on the Sprint Center, which is too bad, because it's still a state of the art arena, and there seems to be enough support to accommodate a team. That said, the Sprint Center appears to be doing well. There are quite a number of shows and concerts that perform there, so it stays busy and profitable. As far as getting an AHL team, we have a pretty popular ECHL with the Kansas City Mavericks, but they play at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena which is in eastern Independence. Not sure if the city would support more than one minor league hockey team.