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Originally Posted by Igottago
Are the season ticket holders going to be tourists? Is anyone going to cheer for the home team when they score? Good sports organizations aren't built around tourism, they are built around dedicated fan support.
They need the locals that will go to a game against the Wild on a Tuesday night and buy the merchandie to continually support the team.
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Why does the team need season ticket holders to be individual die-hard fans? If they sell higher priced tickets to individuals for every game, isn't that better than selling out on discounted tickets to season ticket holders? Besides, I suspect a pretty significant percentage of Calgary's season tickets are held by corporations. It'd be the same in Vegas, except the corporations would be in the casino business not the oil business.
I'm pretty sure merchandise revenues are shared between all the teams, so a Vegas team would be on equal footing there.
I think its quite likely the current and future NHL owners care more about making money than they do about "building a good sports organization"
Its not like Cirque or the UFC have season ticket holders, and they're doing fine.