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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
In terms of attendance: Calgary played out of seven different arenas this year. Likely because they were confined to wherever there was available ice time. Also, attendance was clearly only estimated, so it's rather impossible to use it as an accurate measuring stick.
Of games they announced some form of attendance figure:
Winsport A: Avg 575 over 4 games
Winsport B: 500 for one game
Max Bell 2: 500 for one game
GW Harris (Red Deer): 800 for one game
Pason Centennial Arena (Okotoks): 280 for one game
Cochrane Arena: 180
Crowchild Twin Arena: 80
They were supposed to play a game at Edge arena 2 as well, but that was forfeited by Worchester.
So the question is, could a team playing consistently out of Winsport A or (preferably because of central location) Max Bell 1 conceivably draw 1000+ fans in this city if it had the weight of the NHL's marketing behind it? Possibly.
The bigger problem though remains location. It makes the most sense to focus on the Northeast for any new start-up league.
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Originally Posted by Ped
What are ticket prices like?
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I can respond to the first quote as I was often the person estimating the crowd size for the website. It is just an estimate since I didn't have time to count everyone in attendance.
Playing in multiple locations at odd times certainly didn't help but it was nice to see the season ticket base often show up. The Crowchild game was at a really odd time on a Tuesday night.
Crowd size seemed to really decrease this year over last year. The Inferno were routinely playing to standing room only crowds in Arena B and good sized crowds in Arena A during 2016/17/18. The playoff games in Carstairs did really well. Max Bell 2 was really well attended too.
Tickets were $15 with young kids getting in free. During Wickfest girls teams would get in free when wearing their jerseys.