The NHL sells a scarce live spectacle, then makes it abundant across television, streaming, merchandise, data products and 32 local markets. Its century-old advantage is not merely hockey - it is the system that turns every puck drop into rights, reach and ritual.
Kansas City still sells football on Sundays. The more revealing business is everything built around it - a year-round engine of tickets, content, commerce, sponsorship and belonging that now travels far beyond Arrowhead.
For decades, the Clippers rented a stage in someone else’s story. Intuit Dome gives the franchise its own building, its own data and a much bigger business to run.