Golden Knights merchandise leads league

[LadyStanley]

Someone's agent is happy

 

[FirstRowUpperDeck]

2011 thread here: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/nhl-merchandise-sales.1033593/

While not really hard numbers, when Jets returned to WPG, says they sold 100-150 jerseys per game in arena, which would be 6600 of them from that source alone. Near top of post, sort of describes how the merchandise sales work.

I recall a vendor in Reunion Arena tell me way back in 1994 or so that six stands (no dedicated store back then) sold $56K per game, or about 2.4M back then for a new team. With inflation, that would be $4.25M today, but a lot of other factors might change the actual number, like in house stores, the rise of Amazon, etc.

Also found that merchandise sales over the entire NHL were up 14.8% this year, but actual dollar figures are impossible to find.

 

[TheLegend]

Won’t find this at Fanatics.....

 

[Drytoast]

Well, nobody owns an 'old' Vegas jersey the break out for the playoffs.

this.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

This should have been expected.

It's a cool logo, I've seen tons of people wearing a golden knights hat in Manitoba.

 

[LadyStanley]

Won’t find this at Fanatics.....

Special order.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Meh. Was more impressed when the Jets led in merchandise revenue during their honeymoon period. I see lots of VGK merch here in BC. It's a novelty right now just like the Jets were.

 

[VanIslander]

Don't underestimate passion for the Knights!
I am a Canadian living in East Asia and have been wearing the logo since Day 1 and support has only been growing and growing.

 

[patnyrnyg]

This isn't surprising. I currently own a Rangers winter coat, 2 hoodies, 2 polos, about 8 t-shirts, a pair of sweatpants and several jerseys, 3 hats and a winter knit hat. My wife has 3 jerseys, a few t-shirts. My older daughter has a jersey and 2 t-shirts. My younger daughter has a jersey, 3 onesies, and 2 t-shirts. If I was a Vegas fan, I would have all this stuff, as well. However, I did not buy all the Rangers stuff this year.

 

[Fugu]

Someone's agent is happy

I love the group of Elvis Presleys.

 

[LadyStanley]

Vegas Golden Knights owner on making hockey a hit

Foley on CNBC today. 3 years ago, identified 130k hockey fans ***in Vegas***. Lots of transplants.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Someone's agent is happy

I don't know what's going to take less time for me to get used to - seeing Elvis impersonators at NHL games that aren't Penguins fans or Fleury wearing that jersey

Good on Vegas. This shouldn't be a surprise as everyone is starting from nothing with an expansion team, but there's little that hasn't happened involving that franchise that isn't impressive so I'll cede the point anyway.

 

[LadyStanley]

And with their sweep in round 1, I'll expect the Vegas hype to increase.

 

[Bixby Snyder]

This is certainly a factor. When your city has a new team, everyone has to buy their first gear.

Did the Jets lead the league in merch sales when they came in?

 

[Pi]

Did the Jets lead the league in merch sales when they came in?

Winnipeg is a really small market team. Not really a comparable. If Quebec joins the league, they would probably lead the league in merchandise.

 

[End on a Hinote]

Did the Jets lead the league in merch sales when they came in?

Yep.

Jets merchandise scores top dollar in league sales

 

[Pilky01]

Also people had Winnipeg Jets jerseys.....just not the new one.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Also people had Winnipeg Jets jerseys.....just not the new one.

Technically this is false. But I see where you are going with it.

 

[Cellee]

www.cnbc.com/video/2018/04/12/vegas-golden-knights-owner-on-making-hockey-a-hit.html

Vegas just keeps proving all the naysayers wrong. Good for Foley and the Knights

I don't remember talking to anyone who thought the building would be empty.

 

[TheLegend]

I don't remember talking to anyone who thought the building would be empty.

You don’t talk to the right people then....

They were many comments posted about the attendance and how wouldn’t be great.... they’ll all be from visiting teams...... it’ll never work... when the Raiders arrive they have empty.... etc... etc....

So far all but one of those has been blown out of the water. And the Raiders and Golden Knights already have shown they want to work together when the Raiders arrive in 18 months.

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

I love the group of Elvis Presleys.

Quick, Group of Elvis Impersonators:

Elvises, or Elvi?

Also if you were talking about something they collectively owned, like their fake wigs?

Elvises' Elvises's Elvi's Parachutes.

 

[Howie Hodge]

I was one of the first people to wear Golden Knights apparel.

Not because I thought they'd be good though, or I was trying to be cool.

Simply something I received as a gift for helping someone sell their house last Summer. Almost a gag gift if you will.

So I kind of wore it because it was comfortable.

But that's between us!

 

[Kalv]

Pretty funny reading some experts here saying ''yeah it isn`t a surprise'', etc haha

Sure Vegas fans had to by the jerseys to have merch. But the OP is from April, not from October. Other silly things in those ''expert'' posts I`m not even gonna point out.

You are doing amazing right now Vegas, weather I like to admit it or not (Ducks fan)

 

[Cellee]

You don’t talk to the right people then....

They were many comments posted about the attendance and how wouldn’t be great.... they’ll all be from visiting teams...... it’ll never work... when the Raiders arrive they have empty.... etc... etc....

So far all but one of those has been blown out of the water. And the Raiders and Golden Knights already have shown they want to work together when the Raiders arrive in 18 months.

Well not that we expected it to be some secret hockey hot bed.

No disrespect, and I am glad they are doing well I hope it continues, but most people I talked about it felt tourism would fill in the empty seats.

 

[Rich Nixon]

In addition to all this, Vegas is a HUGE tourist destination, Like, 40 million people+ visit per year, which can't be said about, say, Winnipeg . The arena, and thus the arena store, are situated right off the Strip. Other shops sell merch. People roll through, drink, and blow money like nowhere else on earth. They likely benefit from that, too. Hell, I was there for work in early March and I couldn't not visit the arena, and so now my girlfriend has a tanktop and hat. I'm probably not the only traveling hockey fan who has walked into the merch store with a beer in hand and dropped $60-70 bucks.