Ticket/Attendance Discussion: The Sequel

[voyageur]

100% right.

There is some serious PTSD here from the 90s and it shows. This isn't the 90s... the issues that led to the demise of the Jets in the 90s are simply not an issue anymore.

Revenue Sharing and the Salary Cap didn't exist in the 90s. On the contrary the Jets paid the 2nd highest salary in the league their final year, after the Hawks tried to poach Tkachuk. But all the factors like the Canadian dollar, competing with new rinks with better luxury suite capacity, and crooked Winnipeg Enterprises don't exist now.

The Jets gate revenue isn't the worst in the league, I'm sure because of the price point they are in the bottom 10, but not bottom 5 in terms of gate receipts.

Probably top 20 in merchandising, which is revenue shared.

The investment by True North has made the team profitable with playoff appearances. They could cut their investment in salaries, but I think the league revenues are strong enough to keep the team competitive, in spite of being the smallest market, and unlikely to sell out on a regular basis.

 

[jungles]

The crowd shots they chose for this story about attendance at 2:00 are ridiculous. Literally looks like they picked footage from when the game was over.

 

[cg98]

The investments they made downtown is a valid argument against selling/moving the team. However, the part about how the team rose in value from 170m to 1+ billion isn’t. If anything, it’s 800+ million in TNSE’s pockets as profit if they sell the team to a buyer that wants to move them based on the decision that Winnipeg can’t support an NHL team (frankly, based on last year and this year thus far, Winnipeg is giving plenty of reasons to the media to make this conclusion. Not saying it won’t turn around, but it’s not a good look.)

Terrible argument lol.

Net worth and assets increase with more revenue and profits. You dont earn near 10x your return of a $170mil investment if youre not earning profits in your market.

 

[White Out 902]

It's actually really not a terrible argument. The rise in value of the franchise is only realized when you sell it to me.