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Originally Posted by GullFoss
Its the micro-economics of events. Scarcity helps drives demand for season tickets, which ensures higher revenues because STH's offload a lot risk for the organization and take both good games and bad games. Its a weird phenomenon on the surface, but its true.
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Winnipeg would not add more seats if they could. The amount they have now is perfect for driving demand in that market.
Ottawa is a strange case - stuck between Montreal and Toronto for so long without an NHL team, most people over 40 there are really fans of the Habs and Leafs (and other NHL teams) and never really adopted the Sens. All my cousins in Ottawa (40s and 50s) do not list the Sens as their favorite team - they support the Habs, Leafs, Oilers, Hawks.
One cousin told me there is a location ear-marked for a new arena closer to downtown (which would help fans in East Ottawa and Quebec). Not sure how far along this project is.