As someone who grew up in the Maritimes and lived in Halifax for 5 years, I honestly can’t see a team working there long term. Will do well the first couple of years and people will travel from the Maritimes to take a game in, but after the novelty wears off I’m not sure. If there’s one bring Maritimes like to do it’s complain about how expensive something is. QMJHL tickets is about the max of their price point. Can’t see a lot of families be willing to spend 200-300 bucks to go to a game (assuming 4 tickets at modest price and some concessions).
Granted I haven’t lived there in over a decade (though visit frequently), Dartmouth Crossing seems like a bad spot for a stadium. That would be like Calgary building a stadium in Deerfoot Meadows keeping in mind there is no Ctrain to get you most of the way there like there is in Calgary. This team is going to have to rely some on the University crowd to be successful and that’s a long way to expect them to travel.
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