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Old 04-07-2013, 07:12 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon View Post
There is a huge difference between people being geed up to buy a one time cheap ticket for a game in London, no doubt every hockey fan in the country (and the UK does have a league of sorts) drove in to watch, that does not translate to a club being able to compete in a sports market that, in London has six premiership teams.
Trust me on this I have some very US sports savy friends over their who would be your target demographic, they will watch NFL or even hockey on TV but they are all season ticket holders to premiership clubs and wouldn't miss a night game at Arsenal to attend a hockey game.

Hell the league can't sell hockey to most of the US at this point.
Agreed, even for NFL 1 game in London is great but 8 games? The NFL still isn't quite sure yet.

41 NHL games in London? Average attendance would be worse than Abbotsford.
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