Vic Rattlehead*
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I don't think road attendance is really a solid measure of anything.
Sure, it could be influenced by how attractive a team is as a road draw.
But it can be influenced by a lot of other things as well. How many of your road games fall on weekends. Which opposing conference division you happen to play on the road in a given year. Which division you are in, and how good of a home draw (and building capacity) or your divisional rivals.
Hence this little tidbit everyone glossed over:
Of course, this could have also been affected by what time/date the games were and other factors.
The point I'm arguing is that certain teams draw more/are given premium pricing regardless of quality (Toronto in Montreal, Montreal in Boston, Vancouver in Calgary, etc.).
Also the other little tidbit I provided people again glossed over:
Of course, these fluctuate year by year: last season Toronto was 14th in road attendance whereas Flordia was 29th.
Oh, and here's one more IMPORTANT point: I'm not the one who initially brought up road attendance and Florida "outdrawing" Toronto. All I did was posit why Florida was above Toronto because one poster asked "how is this possible?". I then stated that these numbers fluctuate year to year and depends on other factors.