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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Except you just looked at payroll. An NHL team's operating budget would be closer to $150M.
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Average attendance in the NHL is ~18,250 (2018/2019)
Average NHL ticket price in the NHL is $82.58
Source for those numbers is Google
If they sell out every game the Coyotes would need to charge $301.42/ticket to make the average per game. I came up with ~$400 using the salary cap number. Whichever, it wasn't intended to be a thesis on the economics of an NHL team.
Is this very simple math. Yes . Does it count in all factors. No. But, I feel it's enough to confidently say a tiny arena is hypothetically feasible. For the short term. And, it will be a fun experience for those who go.