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WalletHub’s unfair judgment of Tampa Bay as a basketball market

“Tampa is one of the worst hockey markets in North America because of attendance to it’s super junior  and college hockey teams stinks.”

Anyone who sees that remark should either laugh or wonder who the hell would draw that kind of conclusion? Tampa Bay doesn’t host super junior league hockey, nor is it known for even competing in collegiate hockey, let alone drawing attendance. Why would they? Unless a college hockey team was playing at Amalie Arena in downtown Tampa, attendance is negligible at the other ice sports venues in the Tampa Bay area.

So, is the above statement fair market judgement?

What brings me to this isn’t hockey. Not at all. It is market critiques with sports and limited data that brings forth this judgment. WalletHub sent me an email showing Tampa ranking horribly as a basketball market.

Basketball market?

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