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Originally Posted by _Q_
I went to the Panthers vs Senators game last year in Ottawa. What a horrible experience that was. The arena is in the middle of nowhere. The closest pregame stuff to do was a 5 minute drive away in a strip mall. Even though it was a Saturday night game, I would estimate there was about 2000 empty seats. Nobody made any noise, so it felt exactly like a library. And any true hockey fans couldn't stop talking about the Leafs or Canadiens, because that was their "real" team.
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Well... I don't agree that the rink is in the middle of nowhere and 5 minutes drive away for pregame stuff is very comparable to Calgary. Kanata is the only place that they can find legal cooperate support in the days due to conflict of interest rules in the government.
The Phoenix pay issue is very bad in the Nation's Capital... you may not hear it from the news right now, but there are still many whose pay cheques are not right. Overall, people go out less because of it. People worry their next pay cheque all the time...
Those who couldn't stop talking about the Leafs or Canadiens are the older generation. Remember the modern day Senators is only 27 years old.