BREAKING NEWS!
Special Project #1 - The Minnesota Loons Dating Game
During the city selection round of the AltHL process many people noticed that Minnesota was a bit lonesome in the middle of the country. Their closest conference rival was Denver. The travel cost alone was cause for concern among the loyal Loonatic fanbase.
After the owner application process came to a close we had 18 interested owners. Since it seemed a tad silly to reject just two people, we are looking at it as an opportunity to right some wrongs from the City Selection Round. Therefore we will host two special week-long events to grow our league to 18 franchises. The first is The Minnesota Loons Dating Game. We are going to give the Loons a conference rival that is geographically closer. To do this we are going to run a mini-contest amongst the closest and most popular cities from Round 2.
Those cities are:
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit, Michigan
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Kansas City, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Now you may notice that Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee were in the “East” during our first go-around. But desperate times call for desperate measures. Since these two projects will work together we will wait until both are completed to find out which teams end up in which conferences. Don’t worry we have a plan!
Special Project #2 - The ‘Bring Hockey to the South’ Telethon
It was apparent during the city selection round that there was a chasm between Traditional Hockey Market Fans and Southern Hockey Fans. Ultimately the AltHL voting gravitated towards more traditional locations. The second special project is The ‘Bring Hockey to the South’ Telethon. We are going to bring hockey to the south. 1 franchise will be awarded to a team from the ‘sun belt’. Like the first project, we have pulled the most popular cities from the sun belt during Round 2.
Those cities are:
New Orleans, Louisiana
Phoenix, Arizona
Charlotte, North Carolina
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Atlanta, Georgia
Miami, Florida
This is how it will work! It’s going to go fast so make sure you pay attention.
1. Friday to Sunday Morning: Ranking the eligible cities. The two teams in each with the most points will move on to the next round. That means (4 total cities)
2. Sunday to Tuesday: Name nominations for the two remaining cities for each project.
3. Wednesday to Friday: Voting on the names for each of the cities. We will end up with one name for each project.
4. Saturday to Sunday: Battle Royale - four teams enter - two teams leave as the 17th and 18th member of the AltHL.
Last edited by Gritty (2/28/2020 7:19 pm)
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