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Originally Posted by troutman
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Those are mostly irrelevant, as revenue generating has changed dramatically. Back in the day you charged $2-$10 a ticket and could keep, cold, cold arenas at 11-15k chumming along in perpetuity as fans just accepted that as what a hockey game experience was and they didn't pay a lot for it.
Once they started moving towards suites and expensive lower bowl seats as a main driver of revenue the "need" (in quotes becuase it should have been a need for owners, but somehow that need was pushed onto cities) became to have 17-20k stadiums with 30-70 box suites.