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Originally Posted by flames_fan13
Sounds like Laing will be back tonight as well. Getting Nemisz and Laing back will be pretty big boost.
Don't want to make a new thread but it's an article about Abbotsford's mayor asking for people to support the heat.
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Time for some of my special brand of Heat negativity/QC bitterness:
A couple quotes I dug out of old threads:
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Originally Posted by spuzzum
Since I live in Abbotsford, I think this is the best news I've heard for a long long time. The arena fits 7,500 and I am sure it will be full. It will be awesome when the Manitoba Moose come to town. There is very little excitement in this town, it is a common complaint. Trust me, this city will fill that arena if the pricing is done right.
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According to this article from June 5th:
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Sweeting said he is expecting somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 season ticket-holders by summer's end, with "well over" one 1,000 season tickets already sold.
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This year's average attendance is 3484, last year's was 3807.Year before that was 3897. Not exactly a promising trend. They did make it longer than Omaha and QC's 2 year stints though...
Digging back through the old threads made me realize how much I miss having AAA level hockey here. Just having teams from cities like Milwaukee and San Antonio playing against our team felt good, and seeing players I saw here in the QC playing on TV for the flames after getting called up was awesome. Now we have the IHL, which is a long long way below the AHL, even to this amateur hockey fan. Yes, I'm bitter.