Man it's snowing like a bitch there.. pretty sweet!
Man it's snowing like a bitch there.. pretty sweet!
Game on! Awesome!
Haha yeah, I've been looking forward to this game almost as much as last night's against Vancouver
This is going to be longest regular season game in history
Was Don Cherry just fanning his fart?
How cute...game goes to a shootout...Crosby, the face of the NHL, scores the shootout winner. Maybe a fluke...or a PR move by Bettman...Nah. Entertaining game!
That was a pretty fun game to watch! The crowd was just having a blast despite the cold and snow
so many delays though.
the ice guys were sure earning their pay today
The delay's made the game slow..hopefully more americans get into it.
Awesome stuff, I'd love to see more outdoor NHL games. I froze my ass off at the Heritage Classic and loved every minute of it.
Hahaha, I saw that too.Originally posted by jay42w8
Was Don Cherry just fanning his fart?
Game was amazing, I was hoping for either a high scoring game or a shootout, good way to end it. I hope they make this a yearly event. It was awesome!
Ya its a real cool event, Looks like they had alot of fun out there despite the bad playing conditions.
But i guess its like any other sport played outside you just have to deal with it and play a little more conservitive.
Overtime was fun to watch.
I didn't get to see it, but I watched the highlights on ESPN and it looked like a great game. Selling out 71000 tickets, huh. What's the size of a usual indoor game? 30000?
Originally posted by VIZSLA
Seems that running qualifying in three heats worked so well we're now running the race in three parts too.
1, On the track
2, In the steward's box
3, In Paris
not even...avg around20,000
NHL Arenas
I think they should look at doing more outdoor games, bring in more revenue. 50,000 more tickets at, what, $40 average....thats an extra $2,000,000 in revenue per game!!
Watched a bit of it at Dixons. Commentators were talking about how cold it was for the players...pffft..it was hovering around zero!! 90% of those guys grew up playing pond hockey in weather down to -30. At one time you could see Sydney squirt some water down his jersey to cool off.
Last edited by Maddog55; 01-01-2008 at 07:37 PM.
I think tickets were substantially more than $40 for even the worst seats, I remember one of the guys said he talked to a couple fans at the top of the stadium who said they paid $100 for their tickets. Maybe they bought from scalpers though.Originally posted by Maddog55
I think they should look at doing more outdoor games, bring in more revenue. 50,000 more tickets at, what, $40 average....thats an extra $2,000,000 in revenue per game!!
Your extra revenue number is very conservative as well.
In Buffalo: With an average per game attendance of 17,500 over the last two years, gate receipts have totaled $31 million per year, and concessions have accounted for $8.6 million per year over the course of 41 home games.
Playoff games bring increased attendance, and increased ticket prices, producing an average of $1.4 million in direct team revenues per game. With a multiplier of 1.5, this brings the average amount of revenue derived per playoff game to $2 million.
These numbers are from 2001, they're probably significantly higher now.
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/press/rel...2503report.htm