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Originally Posted by troutman
Why? I'm not sure that there is great demand for NHL hockey in Seattle. Attendance and ticket prices may not be much better than Phoenix.
It would be good to have a team in that market, for "footprint" reasons.
Nate Silver estimates an "avid" hockey base in Seattle of 241,463 (5% of the metro population). Phoenix = 263,054 (6%).
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes...e-stanley-cup/ |
Hard to say without the NHL ever being here. One apples to apples stat is Seattle has 2 WHL franchises whose attendance in the aggregate is higher than the league high Calgary Hitman.
T-Birds = 4200
Silvertips=5200
=9400
Hitman =8900
http://www.hockeydb.com/nhl-attendan...L1979&sid=2012