Wait so you think a team in a cty with 600000 people makes more sense than having 2 teams in a city with 2800000. I love Quebec City but that's exactly why they lost their team and are not getting another team. 600k people is not enough people to support the premium tickets and the executive boxes a team needs to sell. Especially in Hamilton which is not exactly a premium market. Maybe up and coming but definitely not premium in relative terms to Toronto.
It's not about the city, it's about the GTAH. The population of the GTAH supports 2 teams regardless of where those teams are (within economic constraints)
I don't think that exactly makes the most sense. That would suggest that people from Toronto would drive out to Hamilton to support a team there. Many Torontonians think of any place outside of Toronto as the country. Then there are the Torontonians who think just the outer 905 is acceptable driving distance. So maybe they would drive to Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Pickering. But I assure you most would think Hamilton is too far. Now let's pretend there were people who would like to support the team in Hamilton. The NHL has 7PM games. Hamilton's basically an hour outside of Toronto but could be an hour in a half in rush hour. could be even further in winter months. It's not really realistic to expect people to drive that far and that long to games. This is why people build stadiums centrally located and why Ottawa Senators stadium in the suburbs doesnt work really well and especially not for executives and business suites. Now I would believe that people in Oakville, Niagara, and Burlington would support the team but that's a considerably smaller amount of people and you'd still have problems since many of the Oakville and Burlington people are Toronto workers. So you'd be asking these people to drive into Toronto in the morning, then drive past their house to a game, and then drive home after. That's a lot of driving. Good luck with that model. On the other hand if the team's in Vaughan, a lot of Torontonians who are priced out could go, Torontonians who have given up on the leafs could go, Mississauga people are familiar with going to Toronto and they could go, vaughan residents could go, and Richmond hill people could go. It's not only more people closer to the stadium, it's more people with deeper pockets. That's just my opinion but ideally I think any 2nd team should be as close to yonge as possible to attract people from the east and west.
They've said they're looking at locations in Ontario, if they have to leave Downsview.
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In theory Oshawa should be able to allow a D8 to take off? Just a question of whether there is a room for an assembly building within the current available/brownfield spaces. Either there or Hamilton would seem reasonable fits with good access to skilled labour forces.They've said they're looking at locations in Ontario, if they have to leave Downsview.
DHC Considers Adding New Dash 8-400 Support Businesses
DHC has launched a one-year review to decide if it should enter two new Dash 8-400 support business areas.
Will the existing downsview plant continue assembly on any other aircraft type? In other words, will the airfield at downsview continue to be active after 2023? This has huge implications on many development sites around it.
I don't believe so. DHC is moving Dash 8 production.