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Originally Posted by woob
I still think whomever buys this team will still lose money. I'm sure they're going to pick up some more ticket sales with this playoff run and a new marketing campaign via new ownership. However, it still comes down to one issue for me: Arena location. I think because of that fact and that fact alone, whomever operates this team is always going to be facing an uphill battle with filling the seats. Which is a shame, because if that arena were more central and within 30 minutes or less from any point in the city, I think they'd be filling those seats night after night. Maybe not sold out, but definitely better than I've seen the numerous times I've been there.
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the Coyotes played in the Downtown arena from 1996 through 2003.
Attendance was dropping from 15,500 when they first got there to 13,200 the last they were downtown attendance dropped 2,500 from the first 3 year the coyotes were there..... I don't think that the placing of the arena has much of an impact as everyone has to drive everywhere all the time. The lack of support is more tied to the general population not caring about hockey at all.