<p>I do believe that the # of season tickets sold will be directly related to whether or not they name them the Jets.</p>
Canadians are a bunch of thieves I tell you!!!
<p>Once upon a time Atlanta had a hockey team called the Atlanta Flames that used to play at the old Omni. Calgary took a liking to them and the Flames became the Calgary Flames.</p>
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<p>Several years later Atlanta finally got another hockey team that played at Philips Arena. Until today. At high noon they were sold to Winnipeg and I assume they will henceforth be known as the Winnipeg Thrashers.</p>
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<p>I have no idea what happens to the Gwinnett Gladiators, a farm team of the Thrashers. They'll probably become the Halifax Gladiators. <span><img alt="mad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/mad.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>(and of course, just in case there are any misunderstandings, this is all tongue in cheek. <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130688915046316"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130688915046315" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>)</p>
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<p>Several years later Atlanta finally got another hockey team that played at Philips Arena. Until today. At high noon they were sold to Winnipeg and I assume they will henceforth be known as the Winnipeg Thrashers.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>I have no idea what happens to the Gwinnett Gladiators, a farm team of the Thrashers. They'll probably become the Halifax Gladiators. <span><img alt="mad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/mad.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span></p>
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<p>(and of course, just in case there are any misunderstandings, this is all tongue in cheek. <span id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130688915046316"><img alt="biggrin.gif" id="user_yui_3_3_0_8_130688915046315" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif" style="width:16px;height:16px;"></span>)</p>
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<p>I'm not so sure they can sell 86% of the arena for 5 years, and I still think that there are die hard jets fans that would rather have the team named the Jets and won't buy because of that. HOWEVER, I might just buy a bunch of Jets/Winnipeg/Manitoba stuff just because I don't like Bettman.</p>
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<p>Marketing wise, they should totally change the name. I still can't get over how much Jets jersey's, flags, hats and stuff were in the streets. </p>
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<p>Selfishly if the new NHL team cuts into the Winnipeg CFL market it just gives the Riders a bigger share. Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the next closes to us with 15% of the market, so those people love their teams!</p>
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<p>Marketing wise, they should totally change the name. I still can't get over how much Jets jersey's, flags, hats and stuff were in the streets. </p>
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<p>Selfishly if the new NHL team cuts into the Winnipeg CFL market it just gives the Riders a bigger share. Winnipeg Blue Bombers are the next closes to us with 15% of the market, so those people love their teams!</p>
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