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jayswin · 11-01-2013, 01:31 PM

It seems every year there's one attendance figure that stands out from the rest for some reason. I remember one year St. Louis had about 6000, another year Chicago announced 5500, I believe.

I wonder if this is going to be that anomaly this year, or is this something we could see regularly in Arizona? I'm not trying to bash the fanbase, as I know that gets annoying on CP, but more so I'm just surprised as I thought the general feeling down there was that the fans were rejuvenated after securing a minimum five more years.

I know they'll likely never have regular sellouts, but I thought they'd go from 10-12k being the announced attendance norm, to somewhere closer to 14-15k a night.

Can anyone give an indication of the mood in Arizona towards hockey? Is there renewed interest in the team, or is that something that the media just kind of threw out there, thinking it would happen?

11-01-2013, 01:31 PM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Smallest crowd of the year? 7401 in Glendale last night It seems every year there's one attendance figure that stands out from the rest for some reason. I remember one year St. Louis had about 6000, another year Chicago announced 5500, I believe. I wonder if this is going to be that anomaly this year, or is this something we could see regularly in Arizona? I'm not trying to bash the fanbase, as I know that gets annoying on CP, but more so I'm just surprised as I thought the general feeling down there was that the fans were rejuvenated after securing a minimum five more years. I know they'll likely never have regular sellouts, but I thought they'd go from 10-12k being the announced attendance norm, to somewhere closer to 14-15k a night. Can anyone give an indication of the mood in Arizona towards hockey? Is there renewed interest in the team, or is that something that the media just kind of threw out there, thinking it would happen?