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Post by drydenshabs on Feb 21, 2013 18:50:07 GMT -5
Friday's game between the Canucks and Preds is sold out... that makes 21 straight sellouts in Nashville. Not a hockey town? Nope still not a hockey town and I take the sellout with a grain of salt as there have been lots of empty seats in the last couple weeks. |
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Post by Ryan on Feb 21, 2013 19:06:45 GMT -5
There are plenty of empty seats all over the league, even in well established markets... sold is sold, doesn't matter if the suits show up or not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 19:10:28 GMT -5
Friday's game between the Canucks and Preds is sold out... that makes 21 straight sellouts in Nashville. Not a hockey town? Nashville seems to have better fans than most of the Southern US market. They might be getting sell outs, but how cheap are the tickets. To contrast, Leafs tickets in the very back row of nose bleeds are $70 and the team hasn't made the playoffs in 8 years and still sell out every game. Obviously it's unfair to compare a true hockey town to Nashville, but Im generally curious what prices are. I know that Dallas who has had attendance issues had an AVERAGE ticket price of only like $30 |
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Post by International Hockey Club on Feb 21, 2013 19:10:32 GMT -5
Nashville is probably the best southern hockeytown.
Carolina is spotty, Dallas has fallen off, Tampa is alright (but with a lot of visiting fans), Florida and Phoenix are awful.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 19:14:19 GMT -5
Sharks have pretty good fans I think, don't know what their attendance or pricing is like though.
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Post by International Hockey Club on Feb 21, 2013 19:15:14 GMT -5
Sharks aren't really south, they're in NoCal
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2013 19:17:47 GMT -5
I consider California a southern state, isnt it pretty warm in SJ year round? I count them as a southern team in a non-traditional market.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 21, 2013 19:24:44 GMT -5
"The South" would be... Florida (north of Tampa), Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and parts of Virginia. A tiny bit of Missouri would qualify too.
California is Southwest and West.
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Post by Ryan on Feb 21, 2013 19:33:16 GMT -5
Friday's game between the Canucks and Preds is sold out... that makes 21 straight sellouts in Nashville. Not a hockey town? Nashville seems to have better fans than most of the Southern US market. They might be getting sell outs, but how cheap are the tickets. To contrast, Leafs tickets in the very back row of nose bleeds are $70 and the team hasn't made the playoffs in 8 years and still sell out every game. Obviously it's unfair to compare a true hockey town to Nashville, but Im generally curious what prices are. I know that Dallas who has had attendance issues had an AVERAGE ticket price of only like $30 Nashville is usually right around the mid-point of the league for tickets. In the lease it states that their average prices have to be within a few % points of the NHL mid-point. Back in the last years of Leipold, the average # of free tickets (comps) was close to 1500. They are now under 500, not too far off what the league average is, all 30 teams comp a couple hundred for every game for players and staff. The uptick with the Preds is in corporate ticket sales which is a huge gain, while most of the traditional teams sold 70% of season tickets to corporations, the Predators prior to 2006 were only around 30% which is a direct inverse of the league trend. Meaning 70% of Preds season tickets were individual fans. Another fact that the haters can't stomach. Now that the local businesses are jumping on board you can see why Nashville is never mentioned as a troubled market anymore. |
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Post by drydenshabs on Feb 21, 2013 21:24:27 GMT -5
Friday's game between the Canucks and Preds is sold out... that makes 21 straight sellouts in Nashville. Not a hockey town? Nashville seems to have better fans than most of the Southern US market. They might be getting sell outs, but how cheap are the tickets. To contrast, Leafs tickets in the very back row of nose bleeds are $70 and the team hasn't made the playoffs in 8 years and still sell out every game. Obviously it's unfair to compare a true hockey town to Nashville, but Im generally curious what prices are. I know that Dallas who has had attendance issues had an AVERAGE ticket price of only like $30 you can sit in the second deck for less than 30 bucks most nights. Last year we were 5 rows behind the habs bench for 85 bucks. |
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Post by Ryan on Feb 21, 2013 21:36:57 GMT -5
So you're saying that Nashville is not Toronto or Montreal... nobody every said that. But the fan support is here, and it is growing. You of all people have seen that support grow too, but keep on stirring that pot  |
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Post by International Hockey Club on Feb 21, 2013 21:44:02 GMT -5
Wheels with two goals and Captain Ladd with three points and the JETS edge the 'Canes 4-3!
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Post by KC Scouts on Feb 22, 2013 5:27:11 GMT -5
Looking forward to watching tonight's Hawks-Sharks game. Would love to see the Blackhawks win and go into the record books for the best start in NHL history.
Crawford considered doubtful for tonight's game and Seabrook and Hossa questionable.
Go Hawks!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 7:42:06 GMT -5
I consider all starts since the advent of three point games (mandatory winners) as a different set. It'll be the best start of the past ten years, which is great, but not the best start ever.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 8:46:17 GMT -5
So you're saying that Nashville is not Toronto or Montreal... nobody every said that. But the fan support is here, and it is growing. You of all people have seen that support grow too, but keep on stirring that pot Good to hear that Nashville is finding success at marketing hockey to its citizens! It helps that you have been icing a competitive team for years now. As far as "the south" goes since Im not American I'm not familiar with what states make up the different names given to geographic regions. I was speaking in generalities and teams like Anaheim, LA, SJ, Dallas and Phoenix to me are Southern cities based on their climate and their geographic location relative to the more Northern cities even though I recogize now they might not be part of what people in the US call "The South". Honestly didn't realize people didnt consider Texas or California teams as Southern markets until it was brought to my attention here. |
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