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Ok so i'm just wondering why the UK doesn't get any NHL games live.
The reason for asking this is that i've just read that MLB is coming to London.
I can understand NFL as they have lots of exposure on British TV but very little in the way of UK league or teams with little fan base for these UK teams.
NBA has had British TV exposure but not a great deal and the British league isn't that big a not hugely supported.
Now MLB which i haven't seen at all on British TV, maybe i missed it but again no real British league as such and even less supporters.
I'm sure at one point NBA has also come to the UK.
Out of NHL. MLB, NFL and NBA in Britain ice hockey has a proper league, a large live fan base and proper arenas, not just a parks pitch.
Is the fact that our arenas even the biggest Belfast with 11,000 capacity isn't big enough to create the revenue for 2 teams to visit?
Calgary Saddledome a quite old arena holds 19,000.
We have packed out a playoff weekend so wouldn't an NHL weekend sell out quite easily? Look at all the ice hockey teams there are in the UK.
The supporters are definitely here to watch a NHL weekend.
Was just wondering why out of all the major American sports NHL never been to UK.
The reason for asking this is that i've just read that MLB is coming to London.
I can understand NFL as they have lots of exposure on British TV but very little in the way of UK league or teams with little fan base for these UK teams.
NBA has had British TV exposure but not a great deal and the British league isn't that big a not hugely supported.
Now MLB which i haven't seen at all on British TV, maybe i missed it but again no real British league as such and even less supporters.
I'm sure at one point NBA has also come to the UK.
Out of NHL. MLB, NFL and NBA in Britain ice hockey has a proper league, a large live fan base and proper arenas, not just a parks pitch.
Is the fact that our arenas even the biggest Belfast with 11,000 capacity isn't big enough to create the revenue for 2 teams to visit?
Calgary Saddledome a quite old arena holds 19,000.
We have packed out a playoff weekend so wouldn't an NHL weekend sell out quite easily? Look at all the ice hockey teams there are in the UK.
The supporters are definitely here to watch a NHL weekend.
Was just wondering why out of all the major American sports NHL never been to UK.
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