Seattle fans laid down 10,000 season ticket commitments in 10 minutes to get an expansion team.

Looks like Tim McGraw got a Caitlin Clark Fever jersey.

Others are gonna have some trouble. Eben Novy-Williams has more. sportico.com/business/comme…

Utah NHL Franchise Gets 4,000 Ticket Deposits in First Hour 🎟🎟🎟🎟🎟🎟

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🚨 Update: 6,000 in 2 hours

There’s a lot of ticket demand for the new Utah NHL franchise. On a big news day for the city, getting 4,000 ticket deposits in the first hour is impressive sportico.com/business/comme…

The arena is going to have 12,000 unobstructed seats. It reached 25% capacity in deposits within two hours.

“Utah” will be on the front of the jerseys of the state’s NHL team next season, owner Ryan Smith said.

So... what would you name the new Utah NHL team?

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I like the Utah Something more than the Washington Football Team.

This fascinated me: Ryan Smith has *never met* Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo. He just bought the team's roster/hockey ops for $1.2 billion.

More on what's brewing in Utah, with Scott Soshnick 👇
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Ryan Smith has never spoken to Arizona Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo. It didn’t stop him from executing a $1.2 billion acquisition that will add an NHL team to his growing Utah sports empire.

“It’s a little unprecedented in how this is all happening, but with the timeline—there’s…

BREAKING: NHL Approves $1.2B Coyotes Sale to Utah’s Ryan and Ashley Smith

sportico.com/business/team-… via @sportico Eben Novy-Williams

BREAKING from Eben Novy-Williams and Scott Soshnick: NHL Approves $1.2B Coyotes Sale to Utah’s Ryan and Ashley Smith sportico.com/business/team-… via @sportico

McCann is more productive in the 20 minutes between teaching classes than the majority of western economies. Additional proof 👇

Very interesting statement here from Nike.

PS- per Alex Flum, the Washington Mystics have just decided to move the Friday, June 7 game against the Indiana Fever to the Capital One Arena 'to accommodate more fans coming to the game than usual.'

BREAKING: Per team, the Mystics game on Friday June 7 vs. Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will officially be played at Capital One Arena instead of Entertainment and Sports Arena to accommodate more fans coming to the game than usual.

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I think the question now becomes which will be available to fans first: a Caitlin Clark signature shoe or her official Nike jersey?

FWIW, I think it says a lot about Nike's priorities (and business ROI) that it is negotiating a record $10+ million contract with Caitlin Clark while having Clark's fan wait more than half a season for the chance to buy her jersey.

TCU guard Hailey van Lith was not on my bingo card here but go nuts.

Pairing her with Sedona Prince will be interesting too.

Who wants to buy the CC 1s when they drop?

Caitlin Clark Reportedly Nearing Eight-Figure Contract With Nike sportico.com/business/spons… via @sportico