Ticket/Attendance Discussion: The Sequel

[jetsmooseice]

That’s fair - I don’t live there so I cannot comment on that.

But a lot of the new immigrant demographics moving to Winnipeg at least, it will take a generation for them to latch on to the game. Those same demographics are big supporters of nhl teams in other markets especially in western Canada

It will happen, but it won't be overnight. I look at my kids' school which is extremely ethnically diverse, lots of immigrant kids and children of immigrants go there. The parents I talk to have zero interest in North American sports as a fan. But some of the kids do - a few of them play hockey, football, etc. and take an interest in the local teams. I'm sure some of them will grow up to be big Jets fans.

But the point is valid, people moving to Winnipeg largely aren't York or University of Ottawa graduates that are lifelong NHL fans. They're coming from the Philippines, Punjab or Pimicikamak and either don't care or don't have the means to buy Jets tickets. Which is fine, they have their own things going on. But their kids might become fans and ticket buyers, some day.

 

[wpg1]

12918 against the Avs, first place team playing a rival, kinda sad

From the looks of early on this season, it appears weekday crowds will be around 13k and weekends will bump that up. Tickets for Dallas tomorrow look almost sold out.

I'm going to assume like last season, attendance will continue to grow around the holidays and into the new year. Silver lining is we are significantly better than this time last year, and it looks like much of the league is below average attendance.