Jets4Life
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Three things:Ask that to Calgary, adding the Wranglers to their Saddledome schedule.
1) Calgary has nearly twice the population Winnipeg does, with 1.5 million people in the metro area
2) Calgary is a wealthier city, and the average Calgarian has more disposable income than the average Winnipegger.
3) Even in Calgary, having a NHL, AHL, and WHL team in the same place is unsustainable in the long term.
At first, I honestly thought you were joking by comparing the two cities.
Speaking of which, this thread on Calgary's most popular hockey forum gives you a sense of how "well" the AHL Wranglers are performing at the gate in Calgary. The AHL Wranglers are in their first year of operation in Calgary, and are averaging only 3,226 fans per game, which is 5th worst in the AHL.
I just did some digging, and was surprised to see that Moose attendance had fallen so drastically from roughly 5,000 in 2019-20, to under 3,000 last season and 3,169 so far this season. COVID definitely was a factor, but I honestly think more competition from another Winnipeg hockey team may also account for the 40% drop in attendance.
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