Comment 55994

By slodrive (registered) | Posted January 12, 2011 at 12:22:49

@Fred Street

...uhh, so, upwards of 28,000 sounds pretty accurate to me. I think using the current ownership group era is plenty far enough back. Judging fan support during 1-17 bankruptcy years is a little deceiving. So, by my rudimentary/ anecdotal calculations we get around 25k for the opener, 30k for Labour Day, 27k for playoffs and between 21k and 24k for the others -- depending on the team's record and who's in town.

So, I'll add "...an average of about 23,500 AND upwards of 30,000". Not that it makes any difference to my argument.

I do question the objective of those who quote that the team averages 20,000. It doesn't take much googling to figure out that crowds in that neighbourhood are few and far between. Let's gather evidence from someplace more recent than the Grant-ownership era.

Regardless, call it 18,000k, with say, 150,000 watching for 3 hours, 10 times a year on TV. Does the city have another property that generates this many national impressions?

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