I also see this as the silver lining. We really vamped it up post-Christmas and I'm positive the same would happen this season. I continue to believe this season will be a big increase overall
Ticket/Attendance Discussion: The Sequel
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I also see this as the silver lining. We really vamped it up post-Christmas and I'm positive the same would happen this season. I continue to believe this season will be a big increase overall
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First sellout of the season tonight.
(Yeah, yeah, I know. Leafs fans. They’re still revenue!)
(Yeah, yeah, I know. Leafs fans. They’re still revenue!)
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After 5 games, attendance is up 18.24% compared to last year. 13,997 average attendance versus 11,838 at this point last season.
tbcwpg
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Most don't care about hockey. You'd probably have to wait a generation for the kids to grow up in the city for that to make an impact on any attendance. Also likely that it would be very difficult for many of them to afford to go to a game.
Great numbers! Hopeful to keep it going for Tampa this weekend
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My buddy was trying to sell his seats for last nights game until I showed him that there was really no market considering you could buy decent tickets for last nights game all the way up until at least Sunday afternoon when I bought mine. I did find it strange that the Leafs were in town & this game wasn'tsold out long ago. At least last nights Leaf fans werre significantly smaller than in years past. Any Go Leafs Go chant was immediately drowned out by the Jets fans.
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How do these dorks live in this city for 14 years and still be Leafs fans? Not like Toronto have been unbelievable chasing cups or anything. Young people in Leafs jerseys breaks my brain. Can't be legit hockey fans. No way they follow hockey that much.
jetsmooseice
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I suspect a lot of people come in from out of town... Leafs are fairly popular up north and in Sask. Also lots of people from Northwestern Ontario which is basically Leafs country anyway.
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I think it's a generational thing. I know a lot of people that are Habs fans because their parents were and so were their parents.
Personally the Habs fandom always made more sense to me, especially because there is a Francophone element to it that persists, but I would imagine the Leafs being around as long they have is a really big factor. They were the only English Canadian team for nearly five decades, they are talked about constantly by the media, and they are the main event on Hockey Night in Canada nearly every week.
One of the big reasons the otg is marketing heavily to certain demographics. They know which ones are growing the fastest.
The being a fan because my parents were a fan of a team makes zero sense to me. My dad was from Toronto and a Leafs fan for me growing up but that had legit zero to do with how I enjoyed hockey.
The Jets are a part of your community. But I would rather be a Leafs fan because my dad liked them in the 90s. Give me a break.
The Jets are a part of your community. But I would rather be a Leafs fan because my dad liked them in the 90s. Give me a break.
Channelcat
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Yes, and also traveling from the GTA. They are in every building where tickets are available.
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Conversely, all of my kids have learned to loathe the Leafs from me lol
AtomicJets
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You must have forgotten. You did create a Guess the Attendance thread and make multiple guesses in the 11800-12000 range.
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I was a Leafs fan from about late 96 to 2013ish or so. I still cheer for them when they aren't playing the Jets. But if I stuck with them as my 1st team I wouldn't force it on my kids. My BIL is from Southern Ontario so he has a legit reason to be a fan and his kid likes McDavid more than the Jets or Leafs.
That said I wouldn't discount the kids being a fan because their parent is. For some kids it represents a bonding time with their parent that's hard to break.
bustamente
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Yes and No, how screwed up is this, my pops and his brothers are Habs fans they came to Canada in the early 50's my siblings are Leafs fans generally they are idiots when the Jets play Toronto, and I along with my cousins are Jets fans.
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Gatekeeping who can be fans of which team is so lame IMO. like who cares a complete stranger is a fan of another team. Should Jets fans in other cities convert to the team of the city they reside?
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We seem to focus on the negative a little heavy here in Winnipeg (and get it focused on us).
I get that it’s a Tuesday night and the Sharks are off to a tough start…but the lower bowl is literally a quarter full there tonight against a State rival.
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Yup, I agree.
The Winnipeg media always needs something bad to say and then they drive it home over and over and over. Gary Bettman and Bill Daly both seemed very caught off guard by the depths of the negativity during that ridiculous press conference last season.
San Jose, Buffalo, Columbus, Ottawa, Anaheim, and even Calgary aren't filling their buildings either but you don't see local pundits drawing constant attention to it and dramatizing the situation to the extreme.
People like Paul Friesen are embarrassing.
jetsmooseice
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I swear we have some kind of collective PTSD about this.
