Its another beautiful Spring day. May first and the start of a new month. As they say, April showers bring May flowers. You know, like daisies and the ones that the Wichita Falls Wildcats will likely be pushing up.
Yeah so the Wichita Falls Wildcats lease with the arena is over, and it has been a mess with the arena for a ling time.
Averaging just over 1,000 fans a night aint gonna pay the bills mommies and daddies. Lets face it, Wichita Falls Texas aint exactly a hockey hotbed either. Shit, even with a winning team, one making the playoffs regularly, they couldn’t even draw fly’s.
Just last year this team was playing for the Robertson Cup, and this year after losing their top players, they still made the playoffs.
What’s that get you in Wichita Falls? A building full of empty seats is what it gets you. And if your an owner it probably gets you some financial losses in the two hundred thousand dollar or more range. Yeah that’s just a guess, but I have talked to a few people on this and I may be guessing on the low end of losses.
So, the arena is already looking for someone to buy the team. Yeah, like someone wants to buy a team and keep it in Wichita Falls when the city has already proven its not capable of supporting it.
But hey, the arena is also looking at an indoor soccer team, and possibly a basketball team. While they are saying they are still going to keep the ice in during the winter?
So, answer me this arena guys. If you’re gonna keep the ice in next winter anyway, and you have that cost, why not just lower the rent to the team so someone could afford to stay in the building? Nah, that would make too much sense wouldn’t it.
But the rumors are already swirling. Yep, a few cities in the North East, and one in Alaska are definitely interested in getting the franchise.
The hold up? Oh, nothing much, just the freaking asking price. Allegedly the asking price is an NAHL full price of $400,000.00 Yeah, because people are lining up to buy a franchise that looses money!
Lets all sign up to operate a business in a location that has proven to not even come close to breaking even. Brilliant idea Watson. Lets buy two of those so we can completely screw ourselves financially.
In case you didn’t know it there guys, a business that doesn’t make money isn’t worth anything. Yeah, I learned that nifty shit in college. Business Management 101 I believe it was.
But hey, good luck finding another schmuck to drop an ass load of money into the pit of Wichita Falls hockey. Speaking of ass loads of money, at least that’s probably one less team pre draft camp for you guys to chase around all summer.
David Wagner – The Angel Of Death – For Those Who Live Stupidly I salute You
*The Death Pool is a mix of comedy, and satire in connection with recent events. It is not an official report of current events although it may look as though the news is so accurate that it could one day happen or may be happening.
