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Originally Posted by Acajack
I honestly don't know how the Armada make a go of it.
It's not just the Habs. There is a beautiful NHL-minus arena in Laval with an AHL club just 10 minutes away.
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It's the same thing in Winnipeg. The former Kootenay Ice moved here last season from BC. They made a temporary home at the University of Manitoba's arena which is maybe at best, junior A calibre, capacity about 1,500. Even with that tiny capacity they seldom sold out any games... basically just some of the games vs. Brandon and maybe a couple of other weekend games.
I went to a few weekend games where they gave out free weeknight tickets for the asking... since I live 5 minutes away from the rink I took them. To my shock the arena was never more than half full on those weeknights. And this is for a great team with some legit NHL prospects.
Personally I love the product... I'm thinking about giving up my Jets tickets and becoming a WHL season ticket holder instead. The games are exciting and it's right by where I live. But I can't understand how the ownership group makes it work competing with the NHL and AHL in a city of this size.