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Originally Posted by JHikka
League is expecting crowds in the 6K-10K region to start.
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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.
Expecting teams in Saskatoon/Regina, Halifax, or Winnipeg to average that much is completely ridiculous in my opinion, and if that is the benchmark they are setting I fear they're setting themselves up for failure. It's going to take several consistent years of quality play and outreach for teams to hit that mark, and some of them maybe never will. 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.