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Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:16 pm to hg
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How is the attendance for the Thrashers?
Atlanta ranks higher in attendance than the following teams:
Ducks
Predators
Devils
Blues
Capitals
Blackhawks
NY Islanders
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:19 pm to JoLeUGA
i know all about the nordiques...i have a sakic jersey and tee shirt...
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:19 pm to Baloo
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I think they are talking about moving the team to Hamilton, Ontario.
we have a winner, only problem is they are stuck in the toronto market and buffalo market
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:24 pm to JoLeUGA
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Atlanta ranks higher in attendance than the following teams:
Ducks
Predators
Devils
Blues
Capitals
Blackhawks
NY Islanders
LOL WTF, better check that again.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:25 pm to hg
quote:Seating capacity is listed as 18,545. So far this season they are averaging 13,745 people per game (74.1% of capacity). Last year the average attenance was 14,626 (78.9%). Hawks have been over 80% every year since the 2006-2007 season.
How is the attendance for the Thrashers?
Even during the Thrashers playoff run a few years back avg attenance was only 80-something percent of capacity, with a few rare sellouts.
As for teams moving out of Canada, that trend was forced because, as someone said, the devaluation of the Canadian dollar. Teams were forced to pay all salaries in American dollars, but revenues were made in Canadian dollars. At that point the exchange rate was something like $8 Canadian = $5 US. So a payroll of $100MM US, you would have to have brought in $106MM Canadian to have just broken even on payroll.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:26 pm to PJinAtl
damn...interesting
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:27 pm to Johnny Utah9
Capitals have sold out every game this season and are one of the best fanbases in the league.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:28 pm to JoLeUGA
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Capitals
no way we have sold out every game the past 2 years, when i see the caps play in ATL no one is there which is sad when the best player in the NHL is in town
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:28 pm to UnluckyTiger
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Thrashers come in at 28th. LOL at the post above.
18,277 is capacity by the way. And while the Caps have one of the best fanbases in the league, I say that because they are loud as shite and there are a ton of diehards, but there are also a ton of front runners that have jumped onto the Ovechkin bandwagon but they bring the nosie at Verizon.
Thrashers come in at 28th. LOL at the post above.
18,277 is capacity by the way. And while the Caps have one of the best fanbases in the league, I say that because they are loud as shite and there are a ton of diehards, but there are also a ton of front runners that have jumped onto the Ovechkin bandwagon but they bring the nosie at Verizon.
This post was edited on 2/10/10 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:35 pm to UnluckyTiger
I hope they end up in the post season as the 8 seed so caps fans can over run that city. Ticket should be cheap as frick for lack of a demand
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:38 pm to UnluckyTiger
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but there are also a ton of front runners that have jumped onto the Ovechkin bandwagon but they bring the nosie at Verizon.
god hearing Pens fans call us front runners is so annoying when its Pot meeting Kettle
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:38 pm to UnluckyTiger
Damn...I see the Pens down at 17th but they are at 100.6% attendance 
Mellon Arena is such a little dump.
Mellon Arena is such a little dump.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:44 pm to SprintFun
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Mellon Arena is such a little dump.
yea it is, they used to be damn near dead last, but they call caps fans front runners
I remember when i was at wvu you could make the hour drive up there and get a ticket for 25 bucks lower level at the gate
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:49 pm to StraightCashHomey21
The old knock on DC is that there were no Caps fans, just hockey fans. I certainly lived up to that. I rooted for the Caps, still do, but not as much as I pull for the Flames.
Comparing the NHL and NBA attendance as % of capacity numbers is fun. (NHL/NBA)
100%+ 11/4
90%+ 19/15
80%+ 23/23
Which league is struggling again? Though the Coyotes are dead. Wow.
Comparing the NHL and NBA attendance as % of capacity numbers is fun. (NHL/NBA)
100%+ 11/4
90%+ 19/15
80%+ 23/23
Which league is struggling again? Though the Coyotes are dead. Wow.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 3:54 pm to Baloo
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Which league is struggling again?
The one that nobody wants to watch on TV.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 4:02 pm to mattz1122
See, and that's because the commish is a moron who can't negotiate a TV contract. But its not like the TV ratings for the NBA are wonderful, though certainly better than hockey's.
The point is, though. Hockey has plenty of support at the grassroots level. People actually show up to games. The NHL is not at the top of the sports heap, but the idea that it is struggling for its life is not true.
And, do we get to add Canadian TV? Because then the numbers change.
The point is, though. Hockey has plenty of support at the grassroots level. People actually show up to games. The NHL is not at the top of the sports heap, but the idea that it is struggling for its life is not true.
And, do we get to add Canadian TV? Because then the numbers change.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 4:03 pm to Baloo
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The old knock on DC is that there were no Caps fans, just hockey fans
the old captial center used to rock that place was a zoo, i remember going with my dad and people getting shite canned, smoking cigs in the upper deck and just fighting 24/7 and it was even worse when the pens/flyers came to town. Diehards should remember it well.
Now with the team being better than ever, its the new hot ticket in town and brings in a new kind of fan. I hate those douches who wear like a button up shirt under a jersey.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 4:11 pm to StraightCashHomey21
The Cap Center was like a cave with that black roof. But I do remember how crazy the place got for Flyers games, especially.
Posted on 2/10/10 at 4:12 pm to Baloo
I'm not an NHL fan, but it seems to me they should contract, get rid of the teams in the Sunbelt (Nashville, Atlanta, Florida, Phoenix, Carolina) and center the league around the NE, Upper Midwest and Canada where people are most passionate about hockey.
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