Indianapolis Might Be Getting an NHL Team
Indianapolis is one of five cities that are interested in a potential NHL expansion team, according to a report by the Daily Faceoff.
Five markets have expressed interest in joining the professional hockey league — Atlanta, Houston, Austin, New Orleans and Indianapolis.
Indianapolis is already the home of the Indy Fuel, the ECHL affiliate of the Chicago Blackhawks, which plays in the newly-constructed Fishers Event Center northeast of the city.
An expansion team comes with a heavy price tag. According to Sportico, creating a new NHL team will cost $2 billion in an expansion fee to be paid to the NHL. The franchise’s new owners would also need to commit $1 billion to building a new arena, if the city needs one.
