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Originally Posted by polak
I was going by attendance.
9th. Ahead of "Traditional" Vancouver.
http://espn.go.com/nhl/attendance
I don't know why they're losing money and there's never any talk about them moving or anything either... |
They're only ahead of Vancouver in absolute numbers (ranked by "Average"), which is a terrible indicator given that the arenas are not all the same size. By that ranking Tampa Bay is also ahead of Edmonton which has a smaller arena but sells out most home games (even though they suck).
If you look at percentage of attendance (which is what you should be looking at given that the arenas are not all the same size), Tampa Bay falls to 19th and 4 spots behind Vancouver. Point is, looking at those numbers by percentage will give a better idea of why some franchises are failing (Arizona is third last for example).