kdb209
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- Jan 26, 2005
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Comparing a teams attendance to "league average attendance" in absolute numbers is a meaningless excercise.Take each city's average attendance and compare it to the leagues average that same year. What i'm saying is, that the average attendance in winnipeg would have increased with the League average the same as phoenix's did. I'm saying is Winnipeg's average attendance (if had the arena) would have been on par with phoenix's average attendance.
The increase in league average attendance was due to the opening of new and larger arenas starting in the mid 90's, replacing older, smaller venues.
HP Pavilion (1993) - 17,400
United Center (1994) - 20,100
ScottTrade Center (1994) - 19,000
GM Place (1995) - 18,600
TD Banknorth Garden (1995) - 17,600
Scotiabank Place (1996) - 19,100
Bell Center (1996) - 21,200
HSBC Arena (1996) - 18,700
Wachovia Center (1996) - 19,500
Verizon Center (1997) - 19,200
BankAtlantic Center (1998) - 19,250
Pepsi center (1999) - 18,000
Air Canada Center (1999) - 18,800
Staples Center (1999) - 18,100
America Airlines Center (2001) - 18,500
Jobing.com Arena (2003) - 17,800
Add to this the new arenas for expansion teams, all with 17K-18K+ capacities.
Just because more fans can get tickets in Toronto, Montreal, Boston, Philly, Colorado, Dallas, etc - this has what to do with attendance in Phoenix or Winnipeg?