The AHL Board of Governors voted and the Hicks family will be buying the Chops (formerly the Stars before the split) to move our team from probationary to official. Like there was any doubt. OK, some. I think the attendance figures cinched it, not the team’s appearance in the playoffs. Being the 16th-18th largest city in the US (depends upon the source) helped while Des Moines, IA gradually ages into irrelevance.
Details are here.