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Originally Posted by EpicPonyTime
Does anyone else see this as unrealistically high? If the Fury are averaging 5.5K and Edmonton averaged under 4K, I don't see how they can expect a league average that is higher than those. Ottawa and Edmonton will (realistically) be amongst the, if not the, largest cities in the new league for its first year.
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Fair points. Ottawa suffers from a dreadful atmosphere in a stadium too large for the team and Edmonton switched their attendance counting (IIRC) to actual bodies in the stadium. As I said, Ottawa can reach up to 7K/9K if they're playing against Canadian opponents even in an unsuitable stadium. Presumably a few of these new teams are going to have stadiums conductive to more intimate atmospheres.
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Originally Posted by EpicPonyTime
Tons of CHL teams in big cities don't even get that many people out; banking on fans being drawn to other watch other Canadian teams doesn't seem wise.
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Those CHL teams wouldn't be the best hockey in that market and would be in a saturated market as is.
Even so, i'm not entirely sure what you're talking about. CHL average attendance this season:
London 8,961
Quebec 8,477
Edmonton 7,280
Calgary 7,159
Halifax 6,750
Regina 6,034
Seems like they fall in that region of 6K-10K even with NHL and AHL teams floating around.
