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Originally Posted by Jets4Life
I too disagree with the $60 average ticket price. I honestly believe, for the Jets to succeed, a more accurate figure would be closer to $80. As for the low attendance, I assume you are talking about the 1995-96 season, when it was known before the season started the Jets were moving to Phoenix, so it's hard to get excited about a team about to pack up and head to Arizona.
Additionally, that was a year when the Oilers were barely averaging 12,000 a game, Calgary and Ottawa had thousands of empty seats, and Vancouver was losing money. Apathy, in regards to the NHL survival in Canadian cities was running high, and fans chose to stay away in protest.
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Canadian team average attendance in 1995-96:
Montreal 18,233
Calgary 18,000
Vancouver 17,795
Toronto 15,729
Ottawa 13,245
Edmonton 12,335
Winnipeg 11,316
Montreal and Toronto were selling out, Calgary and Vancouver were strong, Ottawa was beginning a rapid trend upward both as the team improved and the Corel Centre opened that year and Edmonton had hit rock bottom, they were back up over 16,000 per game in 97-98.
As far as Daren Ford goes, he is a fool with a dream, but still just a fool. At least he's finally removed that ridiculous TV revenue stream he had on his charts where several thousand Jets fans would pay more than the cost of Centre Ice for a Jets only TV deal. Course, he just hid that by massively over-inflating both national and local TV revenue. I also have no clue how he thinks a smaller arena with lower average prices will generate more revenue from ticket sales than the Saddledome does. He's also pulled the VLT revenue number out of his ass (while failing to account for the taxes going back to the government), failed to account for whatever number of tickets that will be given away (every team does, though not necessarily a huge number) and he's mixed Canadian and American currencies so easily that the numbers become utterly meaningless. Not to mention that he's deliberately gone with absolute best case scenario on both revenues and expenses.
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Corporate support would be no problem for us, as it would be a huge PR boost to support an NHL team in Winnipeg, and the AHL Moose have a huge waiting list for companies that want in on luxury suites. In fact, if I've heard correctly, the MTS Centre can be expanded to include a second ring of luxury suites.
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When are you going to get it through your head that the AHL is not the NHL? Please show me the list of companies committed to paying the $ needed for an NHL luxury suite.
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I just pray we see the return of NHL hockey in Winnipeg in the next decade. I believe it is far more likely than many people are willing to believe.
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Lacking any concrete arguments, I suspect the only thing Jetsowners really have are prayers and dreams.