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Originally Posted by Joborule
Phoenix has ALWAYS been in the downs, except maybe one year in the late 90s if I recall? They're now just getting into the playoffs when the franchise future is up in so much limbo. If the most news I hear about the Yotes is 'are they going or are they not', I'm not going to care to much about the club if I didn't have much of an interest in them in the first place during the regular season. That goes for a great percentage of the market down there.
The Coyotes need to get this resolved and show that they are sticking around for the time being so then the fanbase down there can showcase support to a winning club that isn't going to leave in a matter of months.
Oilers fanbase has been established over a period of 30 years and show signs of 'progress' in the future. How about you look at you very own Calgary Flames prior to the cup run? Fans don't come out to cheer for a team that just loses year in year out for a proloung period of time with nothing to look forward to in the near future. Unless your the Leafs or Habs, your days of sellouts and huge fan support are over if you were like the Flames during the Young Gunz era.
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In our worst years of the young gun era Flames attendance for the most part was over 16,000 per year paid.
The Oilers during their protest years were at a high of 14k, and a low of 12k.
You can say that the fans don't come out and thats fine, but for the most part the Flames were still selling tickets. The Oilers weren't doing that.
I'm interested in seeing what the season ticket renewal numbers are going to be like in Edmonton with two years in last place.