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Originally Posted by shermanator
Let's also not forget that 2 of the first 3 seasons came amongst the backdrop of a global pandemic. It's hard to build a fan base when you have no idea when you will be playing.
Attendance is far from rosy but it's far from dire in most markets either.
Halifax is the gold standard and continued to sell out to whatever capacity they were allowed to. Cavalry was drawing close to 2019 attendance early on but had to play 60% of their games on dates after they normally would have them. Pacific were close as well and have seen a big increase in season ticket sales after winning the title. Ottawa drew decently given they have yet to have a proper season.
Edmonton doesn't get the same leeway given that they had 8 years more than anyone else to build their club. They and York are the biggest problems for sure. Valour and Forge losing a lot of their support is concerning too, but we don't know if that's a permanent loss or just a casualty of the pandemic.
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Valour really blew it in season one with their putrid play despite getting phenomenal support. I attend Valour games and think they can boost their attendance up with more wins.
I find the Forge attendance siuation more confusing. We’ll see next year.