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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
Is there a concern that the Montreal games won't be sold out?
I would be pretty surprised if that were the case.
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Attendance in Montreal was abysmal last year. They didn't sell out one game. Didn't even come close even for Canada-USA (18,900), and attendance for Canada games were as low as 12,000 (vs. Germany). Other team USA games were in the 8000 range, and the rest were as low as 3,000.
Hockey Canada's excessive greed was a major contributing factor, so the IIHF suggesting that they cut ticket prices is a good suggestion. The other IIHF suggestion is rather stupid, given team Canada is playing in Toronto next year. The medal round games will be well attended, even in Montreal at idiotic prices, regardless of the number of franophones on the team.