Monday, January 12, 2004
Hockey fans in the desert?
A lot of hockey fans have knocked Phoenix as a hockey market. They've snickered at the attendance and wondered why the Jets even moved at all.
But now that the Coyotes have moved out of the woeful for hockey America West Arena and into the built-for-hockey Glendale Arena, could there be a hockey boom in the desert? The Coyotes haven't just sold out every seat in their first four games in the new building. They've sold more tickets then they have seats.
Check out the attendance numbers so far for the 17,653 seat building:
19,052
18,217
18,106
18,086
So people are willing to stand to watch Phoenix Coyotes hockey but hockey can't thrive in the desert? Whatever.
Give the people something special (a championship team, a record shutout streak, etc) to see and hockey can work anywhere.
But now that the Coyotes have moved out of the woeful for hockey America West Arena and into the built-for-hockey Glendale Arena, could there be a hockey boom in the desert? The Coyotes haven't just sold out every seat in their first four games in the new building. They've sold more tickets then they have seats.
Check out the attendance numbers so far for the 17,653 seat building:
So people are willing to stand to watch Phoenix Coyotes hockey but hockey can't thrive in the desert? Whatever.
Give the people something special (a championship team, a record shutout streak, etc) to see and hockey can work anywhere.
