I think you'd be surprised on arenas. Most of them seat in the 1500-3000 range. Ironically, FDB and Max Bell are two of the largest, but with by far the smallest fan bases. Strathmore's seats 700 at most and Airdrie about the same. But importantly, neither of those facilities are really designed as spectator arenas.
That said, if you can get 500 a game in Strathmore, even in a below par spectator rink, that has to be better than 220 in FDB. So it's a bit crazy that the AJHL decided it would rather just not have a team.
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