Quoting: ChiHawk
I live in one of the top 10 most expensive zip codes in CA and higher priced then Newport actually....Stockton...LMAO that's funny actually!
I know Newport extremely well, and no way are you making that drive from the beach to the stadium in 20 minutes...maybe from the Northeastern edge of Newport by Costa Misery but not down by the beach or the Island or Peninsula. I'm literally looking at the traffic report right now at 9:20pm at night and it says 29 minutes, all green no traffic at 9:20pm at night! Try making that drive to practice or for games between 8am and 6pm and if no accidents then 40 minutes MAYBE mid day, but also looking at the typical commute time at 4pm and it's 1 hour 20 minutes M-F according to Google maps; it's widely talked about among players it's a pain to commute and I know that because I knew a couple players that played for the Ducks. And as you probably know, most of the players don't live in Anaheim because it's not a nice area nor is anywhere really close especially for a guy making $10.5M + endorsements. Then add to it, Kane gets to pay an extra 8% a year on his income in California, 3 times the cost for a place over Chicago in a nice area like Newport and it would be a massive pay cut for him to be with a team that's not competing for a couple more years..there's not a chance he agrees.
No duck lives in Anaheim, totally with you. I drive up to games from south Orange County in 45 minutes or less consistently though (tons of nice places for someone rich to live all the way up that stretch of coast from San Clemente to Laguna Beach). And again, I think Kane makes zero sense for both himself and Anaheim, I’m just saying your rationale that there’s nowhere nice to live within 90 minutes of the stadium and that players hate it is laughable.
Also, both Google maps and Apple Maps say 19 minutes from Newport Beach to Honda Center right now (that is from just over the bridge on the balboa peninsula for Google and at MacArthur and PCH for Apple). Adjusting same drive to 5pm today and it’s 41 mins on Apple and 30-65 on Google. Google has you taking the freeway though, you can literally just take Fairview north in 40-45 minutes even at 5pm