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Originally Posted by thurmas
with some small modifications it can be expanded to about 16,600 with some club suites in the upper deck corners if you were to raise the roof and make kenndey street a tunnel i am sure it could be 17-18000 seats but it doesn't really matter because those are nose bleed seats that don't generate much revenue.Even at 15,000 seats winnipeg still generates about $800,000 a game just in ticket revenue which would put us at 15 or 16th place in league revenues. For more info go to JETSOWNER.COM it has all the info you need.
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Thanks. I was aware of the site before. It’s a bit cheerleader-ish in tone typical of Chamber of Commerce literature but it does have a lot of interesting info.
So from what you and others are saying it sounds to me like the arena question in Winnipeg is not quite a slam-dunk but probably not a deal-breaker either. I did some quick searches and it seems the MTS Centre actually has more luxury boxes than some existing NHL rinks.
There are lots of unconfirmed rumours going around, one of which emerged in Quebec today is that Gary Bettman apparently told the Quebec City folks that the existing Colisée might be OK as a temporary home for a relocated NHL club, provided there was a firm commitment to build a new building ASAP.
The story says the NHL has been scouting out potential team locations just in case certain clubs get into serious financial trouble in the medium term and have to be moved in a jiffy.