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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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A note on Cochrane, we had a short time to pull that off due to it being a last minute change for the Inferno and were not able to reschedule some of our own teams games so we were a little bit handcuffed. We were really looking forward to trying again with more runway.