Modifié 6 sept. 2022 à 20 h 55
Quoting: KSIxSKULLS
Yet somehow Arizona and their near 2 Million People can't even half fill their 20k Arena. Like I said, population isn't a direct link to filling seats. Halifax sells more QMJHL tickets (and they're more expensive than Coyote tickets)
Yeah but I would argue using an outlier like Arizona isn’t applicable (as they are an
outlier and we all know the organization is Bettmans child)
EDIT: actually Arizona has filled over 10k
Also per EPSN, and HDB Arizona averaged 11k (3rd last), followed by Buffalo (last) and Ottawa (2nd last); the Bottom Five:
Winnipeg 12,716
San Jose 12,573
Arizona 11,601
Buffalo 9,997
Ottawa 9,155
Per Statistica
Would show Winnipeg Buffalo and San Jose as “newer” entries to the sub 15k category. As pre pandemic SJS/WPG/BUF previously were much higher. Ottawa Arizona have had these lows pre pandemic. With Florida New Jersey and Islanders all previously holding the other three lowest attendances that SJS, BUF, WPG all have now taken. Pre Pandemic no team was averaging below 10k (Arizona had 14k, Ottawa had 12k, SJS was a high 16k, Buffalo was 17k).
Arizonas joke of a new a arena is less a problem about the fan base and more of a franchise problem. Arizona previously would have been able to “theoretically” fill basically 3x their new arena. The fans or the city is not the problem - much more an organization problem that was further “not fixed” and resulted in this current situation of playing in a joke of an arena.