Monarchs seek new ownership

[Cyclones Rock]

Small crowds - especially on weeknights - are par for the course for the playoffs in just about every market outside of Toledo & Fort Wayne. Minor pro teams rely *heavily* on advance sales and groups and it's difficult to get those fans to come to games scheduled less than a week in advance.

Correction: Every market but Toledo. Even Toledo doesn't draw that well. They announced 4500+ for a game against Cincinnati on May 1 but there was not a chance there was more than 3500 in the building. I was there and if it was half full, it was barely.

Fort Wayne regularly announces close to double what is actually in the house for week night games-both regular season and the playoffs. I've been at enough of these games to know this.

 

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Teams announce tickets sold, not butts in the seats.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

Obey The Puck (616): Michael Keeley Interview and Women's Hockey On Strike
A Exec from the mariners talks about the monarchs for a bit

 

[JMCx4]

They probably only have so much time to turn it around with the new local ownership there has been teams that have folded mid season in the echl like the bulls.

And like the Fresno Falcons in December 2008.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

And like the Fresno Falcons in December 2008.

The Sad part of the Manchester situation is that its one of the newest hockey arenas in the area it would probably outclass most AHL and echl arenas in the northeast with a few renovations

 

[GarbageGoal]

Teams announce tickets sold, not butts in the seats.

Season ticket holders often get their playoff tickets free for renewing for next year which means those get counted whether they show up or not.

 

[royals119]

Season ticket holders often get their playoff tickets free for renewing for next year which means those get counted whether they show up or not.

Which teams do that? That is a great perk for STHs, but has to be a huge money loser for the team. Since sponsors and groups are notoriously difficult to sell for playoffs, most teams only have their season ticket holders buying playoff tickets. If you give those away for free, you have almost no-one buying playoff tickets.

 

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Season ticket holders often get their playoff tickets free for renewing for next year which means those get counted whether they show up or not.

Yep, that's how that works. That counts as a ticket sold...

 

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Which teams do that? That is a great perk for STHs, but has to be a huge money loser for the team. Since sponsors and groups are notoriously difficult to sell for playoffs, most teams only have their season ticket holders buying playoff tickets. If you give those away for free, you have almost no-one buying playoff tickets.

I've seen that offer from teams previously. I think I heard some of the Worcester folks that have Providence partial packages mentioning it at Railers games.

 

[GarbageGoal]

Which teams do that? That is a great perk for STHs, but has to be a huge money loser for the team. Since sponsors and groups are notoriously difficult to sell for playoffs, most teams only have their season ticket holders buying playoff tickets. If you give those away for free, you have almost no-one buying playoff tickets.

Most teams are 1) Desperate to have a crowd to cheer on the team in the postseason and 2) ensure they make their nut for the following season which is more important than filling a few playoff games.