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Originally Posted by getbak
I think the Hitmen could probably play about a third of their home games in a smaller venue and it wouldn't be a problem. I've been to some mid-week mid-season games where the crowd was pretty sparse.
36 regular season home games: 12 in the small arena, 24 in the big.
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But don't the Hitmen have like 5k+ season tickets due to the discount offered to Flames season ticket holders?
I think their smallest crowds are in the high 5000's, with a lot of them in the 6500-8000k range, and then larger crowds hitting 9+. With the Roughnecks being completely out in terms of a 5k building.
It would be a really tricky strategy even if they were close to 5k sometimes. They would have to schedule the smaller rink before the season, so what do they do - just pick their best guess as to the crappy turnout games?
What if the Hitmen are soaring and a Monday night, "crappy" draw was scheduled in the 5k, now 4 months later, 8000 fans want tickets?