Originally Posted by Rhettzky
A big capacity is a definite bonus but not if you can't get fans in the seats. Fact is there are ten teams right now that can't average 15,000 fans in their seats. Also kind of shocking is that out of the 30 teams there are 9 that sell out consistently over the last two years, 4 that have seen increases in attendance and 17 teams that have seen decreases in the average attendance so far this year. Some of them have seen drops of over 1,000-2,000.
# Team Name, Arena Capacity - 08/09 AVG - 09/10 AVG - Trend
1. Montreal, 21,273 - Sold Out - Sold Out
2. Chicago, 20,500 - Sold Out - Sold Out
3. Detroit, 20,066 - 19,865 - 19,129 - Down
4. Tampa Bay, 19,978 - 16,497 - 14,470 - Down
5. Philadelphia, 19,523 - Sold Out - 19,366 - Down
6. Calgary, 19,289 - Sold Out - Sold Out
7. Florida, 19,250 - 15,621 - 14,489 - Down
8. Ottawa, 19,153 - 18,949 - 17,971 - Down
9. New Jersey, 19,040 - 15,790 - 15,318 - Down
10. St. Louis, 19,022 - 18,554 - 18,624 - Up
11. Toronto, 18,819 - Sold Out - Sold Out
12. Carolina, 18,730 - 16,572 - 14,410 - Down
13. Buffalo, 18,690 - 18,531 - 18,397 - Down
14. Vancouver, 18,630 - Sold Out - Sold Out
15. Atlanta, 18,545 - 14,626 - 13,511 - Down
16. Dallas, 18,532 - 17,680 - 16,875 - Down
17. Washington, 18,277 - 18,097 - Sold Out - Up
18. New York, 18,200 - 18,172 - Sold Out - Up
19. Columbus, 18,136 - 15,534 - 15,004 - Down
20. Los Angeles, 18,118 - 16,488 - 16,273 - Down
21. Minnesota, 18,064 - Sold Out - Sold Out
22. Denver, 18,007 - 15,429 - 14,390 - Down
23. Phoenix, 17,799 - 14,875 - 9,774 - Down
24. Boston, 17,565 - 17,039 - 17,149 - Up
25. San Jose, 17,496 - Sold Out - Sold Out
26. Anaheim, 17,174 - 16,990 - 14,889 - Down
27. Nashville, 17,113 - 15,010 - 13,465 - Down
28. Pittsburgh, 16,940 - Sold Out - Sold Out
29. Edmonton, 16,839 - Sold Out - Sold Out
30. Long Island, 16,234 - 13,773 - 12,485 - Down
So where does this talk about expansion come from? To me that's insane.
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