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Posted Jan 29, 2007, 2:52 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Winnipeg
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Originally Posted by m0nkyman
SHO, we don't really know what the size of the Edmonton stadium will be. I posted this in the other thread, but facts are always handy to have:
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RNK TEAM TOTAL AVG
1 Montreal 872,194 21,273
2 Tampa Bay 840,887 20,509
3 Detroit 822,706 20,066
4 Philadelphia 805,783 19,653
5 Ottawa 798,453 19,474
6 Toronto 795,747 19,408
7 Calgary 790,849 19,289
8 Vancouver 763,830 18,630
9 Minnesota 761,614 18,575
10 NY Rangers 743,848 18,142
11 Colorado 738,287 18,007
12 Los Angeles 731,475 17,840
13 Dallas 730,979 17,828
14 Buffalo 693,329 16,910
15 Edmonton 690,143 16,832
16 San Jose 690,095 16,831
17 Columbus 688,655 16,796
18 Boston 664,673 16,211
19 Florida 656,587 16,014
20 Pittsburgh 647,975 15,804
21 Carolina 639,454 15,596
22 Phoenix 638,871 15,582
23 Atlanta 637,578 15,550
24 Anaheim 619,380 15,106
25 Nashville 591,556 14,428
26 New Jersey 583,448 14,230
27 St. Louis 582,742 14,213
28 Washington 570,113 13,905
29 Chicago 546,075 13,318
30 NY Islanders 516,973 12,609
Looks like a Winnipeg team that pulls in 15,000 would be limited to being near the bottom of the league for attendance, which means that ticket prices would need to be higher for the team to bring in enough revenue to be competitive.
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Everyone knows that those numbers you are showing are cooked. There is a big difference between tickets distributed and paid attendance. In Phili they are panicing, because even though they have a large season ticket base no-one is actually showing up to the games this year. Next year could be a dissaster.
In Phoenix they are only getting 8-9,000 actually attending the games. A group resently went to a Coyote game and were offered 1/2 price on premium seats, plus food vouchers, because there was more than ten of them.
What Winnipeg's MTS Centre is missing is 2,000 nose bleed seats that most teams charge $10 - $12 for. $15,100 seats sold out every night can more than compete with the majority of cities that currently have teams.
Final note: Many people have pointed out that the areas that have been built in the last ten years are too big, and are in fact hurting the NHL and the NBA. Both games are meant to be played in more intimate settings. Empty seats don't create demand; just ask the Argos.
Last edited by P&M40BELOW; Jan 29, 2007 at 2:59 AM.
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