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Originally Posted by dino7c
Have you ever been to Tampa? They have a relatively large fanbase and you see lightning stuff everywhere you go...even when they sucked a few years back. They are the #1 sunbelt teams for fans IMO.
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I go to st. Pete's every winter the last few years with lots of time in tampa and it must be a lot different where you are at. I've seen a couple bolts car stickers, and the games I've gone to are well attended, but I think I've posted here that I've heard ppl in the stands asking about the rules of hockey in the lower bowl a ton and i see more people supporting spring training baseball teams than I've seen bolts gear. And I'd say by a huge margin. I have seen way way more yanks Phils and jays stuff out around town at the malls and stuff.
They sell tickets because they are good, and they do have a loyal core of fans, but I think saying they have a huge fanbase is getting carried away. At minimum 4/5 ppl there have no interest in hockey whatsoever would be my guess, and I feel like that's conservative.
They are a great team but nobody cares when they win outside of the 100k or so ppl there who follow them closely.