Joe Hallenback
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Some of you may know I once played for the Wheat Kings and lived in Brandon for a period of time. I will always be a Wheat King but I am going to enjoy going to see WHL games live again
I heard some scuttlebutt around the Ft. Garry rinks that the Moose would move i to the new rink as well to free up the MTS Centre for more concerts. Take it for what it's worth, not sure it it came from Fettis or not. Maybe Jet can chime in.
Good one.Maybe we can get an OHL team also, Kenora basically belongs to us.
Maybe we can get an OHL team also, Kenora basically belongs to us.
Winnipeg has the number of syllables.What are the Hitmen fans going to do now?!?! The "Kootenay sucks" chant has been a staple at the dome for like 20 years.
If they can put together a good team, they should draw fans. That's why Moose attendance has fallen off a cliff. People are sick of watching a **** team. Most people don't care about "player development". They don't go to the game to focus on our prospects, and draw up ****ing Corsi charts or whatever to post on HF Boards later. They want to be entertained and you know what entertains people? Seeing their team win more often than they lose. Consistently putting out a sub-standard product and expecting Winnipeggers to pay for it is typical of True North's attitude. The Moose can move to Timbuktu for all I care.
They say Kootenay as 2 syllables, so Winnipeg wont work. They might have switch to Brandon or Red Deer.Winnipeg has the number of syllables.
If they can put together a good team, they should draw fans. That's why Moose attendance has fallen off a cliff. People are sick of watching a **** team. Most people don't care about "player development". They don't go to the game to focus on our prospects, and draw up ****ing Corsi charts or whatever to post on HF Boards later. They want to be entertained and you know what entertains people? Seeing their team win more often than they lose. Consistently putting out a sub-standard product and expecting Winnipeggers to pay for it is typical of True North's attitude. The Moose can move to Timbuktu for all I care.
I do like Peg City Hawgs thoughHow About Winnipeg Winning Pigs for a name.
In todays Free Press: Is Winnipeg hockey market too saturated for relocating WHL team to be successful?
Is Winnipeg hockey market too saturated for relocating WHL team to be successful?
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Have you been to a game lately? Because if you have, you’ve no doubt noticed the alarming number of empty seats. The Moose are averaging just 4,114 fans per game through 10 home contests this season. Even those numbers have been inflated by a couple of hugely successful promotional nights which produced big spikes. I’ve been to a couple games where you’d have a hard time convincing me there were 2,000 people in the building, if that.
The 4,114 average is down more than 1,000 fans a game from the 5,277 who attended last year. And more than 1,500 a game from the 5,656 who were there a season earlier. And more than 3,000 a game from the 7,285 who welcomed the AHL club back in 2015. That’s an alarming trend.
The Manitoba Moose are only drawing an average of 4,114 fans per game this season, that's down more than 3,000 a game from the 7,285 who welcomed the AHL club back to the city in 2015.
To put it more bluntly, fewer Winnipeg hockey fans than ever are paying as little as $15 per ticket to see the future stars of the Jets skating on the same ice as the big club. That’s a steal, actually, to watch the likes of Sami Niku, Mason Appleton, Tucker Poolman, Eric Comrie and C.J. Suess, just to name a few. And yet it’s becoming an increasingly difficult sell.
And so how does anyone think the very same pool of potential customers is going to pay similar prices to watch an even lower level of hockey, with absolutely no connection to the main draw in town, and with a lineup of few actual prospects who will ever make a name for themselves at the highest level.
I think the Moose are close to break-even at an average of 4000 per game. And even if they lose money, there are major advantages, savings/economies of scale by having the team here...Maybe the plan is to get rid of the Moose who must be losing money hand over fist.
Could cannibalize ticket sales for jets games though.I think the Moose are close to break-even at an average of 4000 per game. And even if they lose money, there are major advantages, savings/economies of scale by having the team here...
That's where the author makes their mistake. They're AHL players, on an AHL team, playing against AHL opponents. $15 might not be a "steal" to more than a few thousand people in Winnipeg.
And could the author show me where someone with $15.00 in their bank account can buy a Moose ticket? (That hasn't already been purchased)
Two weeks ago I thought about going but a ticket was 37 dollars with fees. 29 +8That's where the author makes their mistake. They're AHL players, on an AHL team, playing against AHL opponents. $15 might not be a "steal" to more than a few thousand people in Winnipeg.
And could the author show me where someone with $15.00 in their bank account can buy a Moose ticket? (That hasn't already been purchased)
I'd rather watch WHL than almost any other league. Although I am also primarily a Wheat Kings fan.
You can get your wife to a WHL game? That's impressive. To get mine to a Jets game I've got to make sure dinner and drinks are included.Cheapest I can see for the Moose on TM is $29.00?. It's been a long time since Moose tickets were $15.
And people need to be careful for what they wish for. Keeping the Moose in Winnipeg might end up being the only thing that keeps a WHL team having a reasonable price like $15. Get rid of the Moose and the WHL team will see a gap and start charging to fill it. Cheapest tickets for the Oil Kings on TM are $23.50 ( high listed @ $28.50) and for the Hitman are $27.40 ( high listed @ $30.61 ) both cities without the AHL.
Sorry, but I'm not paying ~$100 to take the wife and 2 kids to a game to watch 17 year olds play.