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Resolute 14 · 02-07-2013, 05:50 PM

That's all well and good, but it doesn't counter my argument.

I think we all agree that the turnstile count in the last three years, plus this, is nowhere near 11,000 per game. The team, post-bankruptcy, is still drawing significantly lower numbers than it was pre.

I am not trying to argue that Coyotes attendance is good, because it is not. I am simply saying that the argument "draw more fans and you have a better chance to find stable ownership" is circular becasue the attendance decline is a result of the instability in ownership rather than a cause of it.

edit: Or, more accurately, you can't expect paid attendance to rise as long as the ownership is unsettled. People aren't going to support that, no matter what the market.

02-07-2013, 05:50 PM	#2647
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	That's all well and good, but it doesn't counter my argument. I think we all agree that the turnstile count in the last three years, plus this, is nowhere near 11,000 per game. The team, post-bankruptcy, is still drawing significantly lower numbers than it was pre. I am not trying to argue that Coyotes attendance is good, because it is not. I am simply saying that the argument "draw more fans and you have a better chance to find stable ownership" is circular becasue the attendance decline is a result of the instability in ownership rather than a cause of it. edit: Or, more accurately, you can't expect paid attendance to rise as long as the ownership is unsettled. People aren't going to support that, no matter what the market. Last edited by Resolute 14; 02-07-2013 at 05:58 PM.