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Originally Posted by speede5
What has happened in Calgary? I know we are struggling for attendance in MJ with post championship blues but that rink looked like there were less than 100 people there last night.
I really think the WHL is at a turning point, ticket prices are getting too high and this new contract with Velocity can't be good for the teams.
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I can't speak to the whole league (Saskatoon for example seems to be doing pretty well attendance wise), but the Hitmen have just disappeared off the map in Calgary. The Wranglers have taken over that niche of 'not the NHL, but still big time hockey' the Hitmen used to inhabit. To be honest, if CSEC moved the Teddy Bear and Be Brave games over to the Wranglers, Hitmen attendance would be amongst the lowest in the league.
This has happened over a number of years, and I think that the Hitmen moving some games to the arena at Seven Chiefs a few years ago was a prelude to a permanent move, but the league balked at the idea.