Out of curiosity, I took a look at attendance for the last five games of the season:
SEA: 85.0% (16,392)
VGK: 88.5% (17,070)
ARI: 87.2% (16,823)
DAL: 89.5% (17,280)
VAN: 90.9% (17,533)
FYI: Saddledome capacity is 19,289.
Small sample size, but it looks like attendance has already started to increase as excitement builds and we get closer to the playoffs. I also imagine a lot of those empty seats are on the outer edges of the press level; because playoff tickets are more expensive I'd expect more of those to sell to people just wanting to get into the building.
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