Therien’s an idiot who doesn’t understand business. It’s not necessarily just a Flyers issue or even an NHL issue as other sports are facing it too. But obviously hockey is the smallest of the four major sports leagues here in the US so they have lesser of a pie to cut from to begin with in comparison to those other three.
Younger people aren’t buying season tickets like older generations. That could be for a multitude of reasons (financial, more entertainment options, different interests, etc). These older people are dying off & not being replaced nearly enough with the younger generations. Hockey is way more reliant on ticket revue than the other sports. The NBA for example that’s plays an 82 game schedule & runs around the same calendar schedule too. They have multiple bigger revenue streams that trump ticket revenue (TV deals, endorsements, etc.). They’ve built their business model to that point that it’s not self reliant on gate revue, it’s more so just an additional income compared to other streams.
I’m not even talking like politically or morally but hockey is obviously a niche audience that doesn’t really have much of a non-white male audience at least in comparison to the other three.
So Therien & others might not like it but you’re already in the bag for their business. They’re trying to attract outside viewers that aren’t apart of his demographic. So that’s why they do different stuff that don’t appeal to you.
