Professional Sports Teams and Community Sustainability

Community sustainability can greatly be improved by introducing a professional sports team to the infrastructure of a city. A sports franchise can bring a sense pride, cohesion, and spirit into a community. I enjoy looking at the Winnipeg Jets to reflect this issue. The Jets folded in 1996 due to the high price tag of a NHL players. Even to this day people in Winnipeg are so patriotic and full of joy when they talk about the Winnipeg Jets, one might think that they might of won the Stanley Cup, but this is not the case at all. One can almost say that the jets have formed an underground secret NHL ghost franchise that still exists in the eyes of winnipeger’s. Winnipeger’s still believe in the Jets and celebrate them on their coffee mugs and t-shirts even though they have been out of action for 14 years and the Winnipeg area no longer exist the spirit of the old team still brings people together into a community.