I do wonder how much of the revenue change for the Flames games, in general, is also due to the corporate nature of the fan base? I do think that a lot of companies and corporate boxes are spending less on games on the entertainment side. The tickets and the attendance for the games might be similar or slightly down but the expensive wine, the $75 popcorn bowls, the prime rib dinner etc are for sure down. Talk to the staff who work the boxes and the bartenders who are in the Chrysler Club.
If a 1000 less people are NOT spending $100 a game, with pre-season that's almost $5 mil a year in revenue.
If we took 2013 & 2014 attendance figures and applied the average revenue per guest, adjusted for inflation on ticket, concession and merchandise sales, I am confident the Flames would be a top 10 team on the revenue side.
The older Dome is an issue for the Flames from a revenue side but its not the only piece of the puzzle and the Flames aren't the only one dealing with it. A lot of corporate spending in this city has evaporated, a lot of energy companies IPO'd at the wrong time, share prices collapsed and a lot of energy workers are just waiting for 1 more bull run on their options to cash out.
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