Edmonton Oilers: A Financial Success Story - From Rags to Riches

[McPoyle]

Man it's crazy that more teams don't just draft the best players of all time, literally just draft McDavid/Gretzky you idiots.

Gretzky wasn't drafted, he was won during a game of backgammon from the owner of the Indianapolis Racers. He actually scored his first and second pro goals against the Oilers in 1978.

 

[nerevarine]

I think a huge part of the success of the edmonton oilers franchise is the fans, recent polls have found that oilers fans are both the wealthiest and most attractive in the league, which helps propel the franchises worth.

 

[TheTrashMan]

I think a huge part of the success of the edmonton oilers franchise is the fans, recent polls have found that oilers fans are both the wealthiest and most attractive in the league, which helps propel the franchises worth.

It’s truly a blessing and a curse . Never easy being so ridiculously good looking but we just carry on, one day at a time.

 

[jeblers]

Honestly, I do think the NHLPA has quite a bit to do with this increase in revenue.

When the cap was flat due to COVID and all the players were paying a huge escrow due to Hockey Related Revenue being down Friedman mentioned on the 32 thoughts podcast that the NHLPA asked the NHL to step up their efforts on increasing the overall revenue of the sport. Basically asking the NHL are you doing everything you can to maximize revenue.

Basically this is where the sponsorships on the helmets and eventually the jersey came from but that probably is peanuts compared to making fans pay the actual fair market value a ticket is actually worth. All of a sudden playoff tickets were being priced as much as a scalper would pay.

You used to be on a waiting list for 10+ years to get season tickets for the Oilers, now that waitlist is basically gone. It is just too much money to spend year in / year out. They had an insane sellout streak when the Oilers were going through their decade of darkness when it was still expensive but relatively cheap compared to today's price. Now it is not uncommon to find empty seats when you go to the games.

They find the max that someone is willing to pay and they basically sell at that price.

 

[Dust]

It's just too bad that Katz is still the owner. Nice to see the franchise healthy, just wish they had an owner a little easier to like.

 

[Jetcetera]

It helps getting more 1OA picks in a decade than most teams have in their entire history

 

[Mrfenn92]

 

[Elias GOATtersson]

I think a huge part of the success of the edmonton oilers franchise is the fans, recent polls have found that oilers fans are both the wealthiest and most attractive in the league, which helps propel the franchises worth.

 

[La Bamba]

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