KHL attendance thread 2016-17
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mkev400
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Are they sharing legends arena/VTB Ice Palace with Dianmo this season then? I thought they were playing in the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena, or have I missed something?
I watched bits and pieces of the Opener vs. Jokerit and thought that it could have been LA/Ice Palace.
vorky
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their main arena is luzhniky, just some top games will be played at vtb ice palace.
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Checkmate ult! CSKA opened the season with just 2800 fans in attendance, it was sad to watch.
To be fair, it may be the biggest case of bad KHL marketing. It looks like while I was riding horses the CSKA fans were ranting about their new season tickets program; I ran into this outburst just yesterday completely by surprise. Key points for those who don't read Russian:
- the ST prices were dramatically raised: basic price for the author's category ST leapt from 7k to 12k (the author calls the price "sky high"), and this only includes the 1st round of the playoffs instead of its entirety like it used to be.
- no loyalty system;
- no bonuses like fan shop discounts or free candies;
- lack of flexibility and different ST types.
The fans have also complained to the CSKA CEO Igor Yesmanovich about prices, to what Igor replied that an average game price for a 15k ST was just 365 rubles.
Sure, both parties have their reasons, but I side with Igor here. 7k was one of the cheapest season tickets in all of the KHL, that price was not "pretty reasonable" as that guy writes, it was completely ridiculous, especially for Moscow which is the wealthiest Russian city. And the attendance was still very poor. CSKA fans can complain as much as they want about an outdated 25 year old arena, but the idea they should pay the least in the league to watch one of the best teams is exactly what's dragging down the KHL. If the team had 30k requests for a home game against SKA, they can easily charge 2-4k for a ticket, so one Western Final series can give them more income than all the ST program.
One question remaining is why not just Megasport?..
To be fair, it may be the biggest case of bad KHL marketing. It looks like while I was riding horses the CSKA fans were ranting about their new season tickets program; I ran into this outburst just yesterday completely by surprise. Key points for those who don't read Russian:
- the ST prices were dramatically raised: basic price for the author's category ST leapt from 7k to 12k (the author calls the price "sky high"), and this only includes the 1st round of the playoffs instead of its entirety like it used to be.
- no loyalty system;
- no bonuses like fan shop discounts or free candies;
- lack of flexibility and different ST types.
The fans have also complained to the CSKA CEO Igor Yesmanovich about prices, to what Igor replied that an average game price for a 15k ST was just 365 rubles.
Sure, both parties have their reasons, but I side with Igor here. 7k was one of the cheapest season tickets in all of the KHL, that price was not "pretty reasonable" as that guy writes, it was completely ridiculous, especially for Moscow which is the wealthiest Russian city. And the attendance was still very poor. CSKA fans can complain as much as they want about an outdated 25 year old arena, but the idea they should pay the least in the league to watch one of the best teams is exactly what's dragging down the KHL. If the team had 30k requests for a home game against SKA, they can easily charge 2-4k for a ticket, so one Western Final series can give them more income than all the ST program.
One question remaining is why not just Megasport?..
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There are probably others, unknown reasons to me but even location is pretty much the same, few blocks away from CSKA arena.
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Well, one reason might be rent. Its not like they own Megasport Arena, no? And if they open with 2800 people at home (regardless of the ST price increase of some 5k Rub, which is €70 odd) then I doubt they will draw well at Megasport. Its a modern enough arena and given the rent, the price increase for tickets would potentially increase even further, for the team to cover the rent and at least break even on the financial profit they make at their own arena.
Mind you if CSKA fans already arent willing to pay more for a "moderate increase" (as you say, cheapest tickets for a top team), then I highly doubt they'll want to cough up the highly inflated ticket prices the team will have to charge if/when they become a tenant in a big arena.
wtf? What it has to do with the new arena? Me personally, I would never go to such ****hole as their current arena. I'd imagine a lot of people wouldn't as well. And with each passing year it becomes increasingly outdated as people become accustomed to the modern arenas and stadiums. Why would you go to that arena when you get much better experience at home? And had they played that game at Megasport, they would have gotten twice that number. Easy.
And we've talked million times about why no one plays in Megasport. It was supposed to change after modernization, but it didn't.
So if anything, the low attendance will only make them hurry up with the construction of a new one.
mkev400
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5600 in an arena thats supposed to hold 12k isnt that great either.
Id even argue from a percentage capacity its much worse. Working of Wikipedias listed capacities:
Megasport Arena (Hockey Config): 12,126
CSKA Ice Palace: 5,600
Which means that CSKA drew a 50% capacity for the home opener. If we are going by your assumption that attendance for the home opener would have doubled, we are speaking of an attendance of 5600 people proj. in the Megasport Arena. Simple Maths tells us that this would mean drawing less than 50% of the total capacity (46.2%). And thats without factoring in any price increases, which would be imminent, if CSKA decided to play there to cover the rent and running cost of the Arena (concession stands, security guards, general staff)...
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A recent 2nd division football game between Dynamo and Spartak-2 got over 7K fans. Football Sibir is usually between 2-3K. Yaroslavl and Khabarovsk are about the same. Neftekhimik is less than 2K. These are all 2nd division teams for comparison.
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vorky
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no it is not, I guess it is just testing the system because this att. number were at the site a hour before game started. Btw Russian commentators said before game that all 8k tickets were sold.
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It used to be! Until they won a game! Now they have the best average att. in the Asia league I believe.
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Maybe Sochi is finally taking to their team. Didn't see any numbers, but watching the hilites of their game against Amur, it looked like one of the best regular season crowds I've ever seen in that arena.
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Actually, according to the official figure which is 6.107 people, this is just half of what Bolshoy Ice Dome can accommodate. I want Sochi to make a Gagarin Cup run solely for this beautiful arena - wondering if they would see 10K. I'm really angry with whoever took Trabzon-Sochi ferries down. If they were still in place, Sochi would be my favorite destination for KHL hockey easily.
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