Ticket/Attendance Discussion: The Sequel

[DRW204]

One thing that might factor in the skewed attention towards Winnipeg vs other markets is maybe that for us not selling a couple thousand seats equates to 13,000 fans, whereas in Calgary (and many other places) it still amounts to ~16,000-or-so. Just playing devil’s advocate. I know that the economics behind attendances aren’t 1:1 ratio with crowd size (for instance, in Winnipeg this year it appears as though the bulk of the empty seats are mostly amongst the cheapest price categories, which means it has a lesser impact - and there are other factors as well, of course).

idk enough about the nhl team's economics however i'd also theorize the canadian nhl teams may be a bit more focused on revenue (ie: ticket revenue) given their salary expenditure can be 100M+ in CAD. The Jets are close to 120M CAD.

 

[cbcwpg]

NHL Attendance | Hockey-Reference.com

www.hockey-reference.com

Based on this site and looking at capacity....

In a 32 team league only 9 teams have sold out all their home games so far.

Also, based on capacity %, there are 9 teams worse than the Jets.

Given that most of the teams in the NHL have multi-millions of people that could attend a game, and therefore most of the league should be selling out their games, but don't because not enough people want to go...is a bigger issue for the NHL than just thinking Winnipeg has a problem.

 

[jungles]

NHL Attendance | Hockey-Reference.com

www.hockey-reference.com

Based on this site and looking at capacity....

In a 32 team league only 9 teams have sold out all their home games so far.

Also, based on capacity %, there are 9 teams worse than the Jets.

Given that most of the teams in the NHL have multi-millions of people that could attend a game, and therefore most of the league should be selling out their games, but don't because not enough people want to go...is a bigger issue for the NHL than just thinking Winnipeg has a problem.

Gate revenue is a more useful metric anyways. Would love to see that instead of attendance numbers.