So? never did I think my comments would cause such an uproar
yes I do.
I have no idea how you managed to accomplish that because most of the Cdns I've met over the years from that neck of the great white northern woods were easily hockey fans firstly.
)) 50 people I know, family, friends etc I'd say 17 are hockey fans, 20 who cares, the remaining 13...too many fights, too violent.Gosbee was interviewed on Sportsnet West in Canada earlier in the season when the Flames played the Coyotes.
He said he was aware of transplants living in the valley for the winter. He hoped that they would come out and support their home team when they played at jobing.com but also make the Coyotes their second team and come out and cheer on the Coyotes other nights.
He went on to mention how he has switched from a Flames fan to a Coyotes fan. He mentioned that his mother was decked out in a Flames jersey cheering on the Flames vs. Coyotes. He siad that his mom would not be changing allegiances when the Flames and Coyotes play.
He also talked about members of the ownership group already owning residences in Arizona.
He also mentioned the Coyotes just needed and owner and that it would be turned around quickly. He must have drank a jug of Leblanc's special kool-aid.
As for the snowbird ticketing strategy. The thing I hear directly fom themmost often is that they say that will will go to see their team and another game or two to see Crosby, Ovechkin, Toews and others but that the 40 minute drive is too much. They watch all the games on HD at home. Many have their Canadian Satellite dishes with them.
I know of some down there have never gone to a game as they actually don't like hockey. Even turned down Jets tickets at MTSC this season before they left as they are not hockey fans.
The Coyotes need to market to the year round permanent population. Preferrably those born and raised in Arizona. Create lifelong fans of the Arizona Coyotes.
Not only do the Coyotes need butts in the seats they also need cars in the parking lot.
No stone should remain unturned in their marketing strategy. TV ads won't work for Canadians watching Canadian TV channels.
Good luck this won't be easy to turnaround but Canadians are not the solution to the Coyotes woes.
If Sidney Crosby or Jonathon Toewes played for the Coyotes I have a feeling they could market to Canadians a little better. Doan, Smith and Ribero don't really resonate with the casual Canadian hockey fan.
(Maybe have one inside, plus a stand alone outside! ). I think a lot of those very same Canadians living in Mesa or Scottsdale who don't want to drive 40 minutes to watch a coyotes game WOULD drive 40 minutes, no questions asked to have a cup of Tim's.
People, people...I don't think anyone's arguing that they shouldn't mostly go for locals, but *does it hurt* to also market to *other* niche markets that might be unique to the area?
) The coyotes might not have big name Canadian stars on the team, but they're playing against them pretty much every night. The pacific division is loaded with Canadian teams and Canadian stars. And four of the 7 Canadian teams are in the Western Conference. There's lots of good draws to get even the casual Canadian hockey fans out to Coyotes games.
Most of the Canadian snowbirds I know fly down to Phoenix, and don't bring satellite boxes in their luggage... Instead they have cox cable, because they bundle the phone, Internet and Cable tv. Plus a lot of Canadians bought condos, so satellite tv isn't even an option.
No one is saying contrary to the bolded part at the end of your post. That's not what this thread is about, though. Its about getting the Canadians to go out to more games. We all know they gotta get more native Phoenicians out to the games. (Not sure focussing on rich people is the key to that, but that's for another thread
My parents are on a fixed income, but they still make it to at least 10 games while they are down in Phoenix for the winter... they're about 30-35 minutes away without too much traffic. (My dads a bit younger though, retired two years ago when he was 56). Maybe my dad doesn't mind going to more games because he doesn't golf.
A lot of the retired Candians down there have LOTS of money to spend, plus have kids and friends visiting in the winter. There's definitely an untapped market in all the Canadians down there!
I'm stucking with my original suggestion of building a Tim Hortons at Jobing.com Arena...
If you build it, they will come.
(Cigarettes you might have a point, but I don't smoke, and you can't smoke in a hockey rink) 
