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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
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.
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Their turnstile count attendance dropped 328 from seemingly stable ownership to knowing they were in financial trouble. That's hardly much of a decline to back your argument.
The Flames and Oilers attendance rose when ownership became questionable. They were on the market to be moved but the fans showed up.
Your whole argument is based on if this happened or that happened, the bottom line is, it isn't happening.