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Post by suitup17 on Feb 3, 2009 20:29:41 GMT -5
This is getting me very excited!!!
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Post by wagner3 on Feb 3, 2009 20:31:05 GMT -5
i hope the writer is correct
the article reads like a compilation of things that have already been reported in the other Toronto media in recent weeks -- Globe and Star --and in other places...
Nashville has denied the reports it has purchased tickets..and claims it will make money this year...granted Bettman said teams may receive as much as 17 million in revenue sharing this year, the Preds have teams salary of 44 million and the new lease with the city gives them even a sweeter, sweetheart deal...
the only thing original, if true, was his statement re. the Coyotes...
"Item: Unidentified management sources say the team could be disbanded or moved before next season."
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Post by WHA on Feb 3, 2009 21:47:35 GMT -5
It is about time somebody started a website where potential NHL ticket buyers could officially register in order to create a mock season ticket drive. Those result which I would hope would be very positive would make a great carrot for a potential mover!
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Post by TheDeuce on Feb 3, 2009 22:53:36 GMT -5
It is about time somebody started a website where potential NHL ticket buyers could officially register in order to create a mock season ticket drive. Those result which I would hope would be very positive would make a great carrot for a potential mover! They had that for the "Hamilton Predators" - they sold out the arena in hours I recall. Of course, every season Phoenix has a mock season ticket drive. m.
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Post by jjmclean on Feb 4, 2009 0:17:13 GMT -5
I too get the feeling the Darren Knows something, and I 'm not usually one to buy into that sort of thing. There just seems to be too much going on behind the scenes. I think we are all going to wake up one morning to a "special sports report" on CJOB and that will be that....tickets will be on sale and the next argument is going to be how to get tickets.....
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Post by rainmanrh on Feb 4, 2009 16:43:54 GMT -5
I too get the feeling the Darren Knows something, and I 'm not usually one to buy into that sort of thing. There just seems to be too much going on behind the scenes. I think we are all going to wake up one morning to a "special sports report" on CJOB and that will be that....tickets will be on sale and the next argument is going to be how to get tickets.....
I hope your right!!
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Post by wagner3 on Feb 4, 2009 19:09:35 GMT -5
^ NYI have a local TV contract that pays them 20 million or so per year, even though they are ineligible for revenue sharing...
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Post by TheDeuce on Feb 5, 2009 10:53:54 GMT -5
Don't move this thread again please! Once is already too many! Notice how the discussion tapered out as soon at the thread was moved? Maybe this is one that should have stayed put. m.
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Post by joelzillmanwpg on Feb 9, 2009 19:16:01 GMT -5
Don't move this thread again please! Once is already too many! Notice how the discussion tapered out as soon at the thread was moved? Maybe this is one that should have stayed put. m. Not really. This article is all about struggling US based NHL teams and the suggestion that it might be for the better to relocate them, and has nothing to do with the return of the Jets. That was the problem with being a moderator. You can't please everyone.
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Post by joelzillmanwpg on Feb 10, 2009 0:23:02 GMT -5
Second; it's not your choice to make ANYONE a Moderator and unlike you; I'm too busy to be one nor do I want the responsibility. That's a pretty ironic thing to say, taking one look at your overall post count. Anyway...... Hendrix, what you need is a big hug
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Post by vivianmb on Mar 27, 2009 11:51:46 GMT -5
this from my homepage mts.
Marketing hockey in the United States sinks to new lows By: J. Loewen Since the Jets left for the Arizona desert Manitoban hockey fans have always felt a sense of smug superiority to our American neighbours. They may have stolen our team, but they weren’t real hockey fans. The players might be playing in the States but they would much rather play in front of packed buildings in Canada. And when the Quebec Nordiques left, hockey fans across Canada lamented the fact that hockey-crazy cities were losing NHL franchises to cities that cared little about our national pastime.
That hockey has been tough to market and promote in the United States has never been more obvious than by a recent ticket giveaway promotion by the Phoenix Coyotes.
The Coyotes are in desperate financial times and are losing boatloads of money. In an effort to get more people to watch Gretzky’s team, the team has launched a marketing campaign where if you buy a big bottle of booze you get a free ticket to see the Coyotes take on the St.Louis Blues.
Think about that. Things are so desperate in the dessert that they have resorted to giving away tickets with a liquor purchase. That’s even more ridiculous than when the Florida Panthers ticket gave away free tickets to people with driver’s licenses.
When it comes to desperate ticket promotions and the idea that hockey is nothing but a fringe side-show in much of the U.S., one needs to look no further than an upcoming promotion from a minor-league hockey team in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Wranglers are hosting an "Over 18 night" that promises cheaper-than-usual booze, DJ music and, get this, strippers. Male strippers will be walking around the arena posing for pictures while females attending the game will have a chance to learn all about stripping from instructors offering "stripping 101"lessons.
Yes folks, that’s the state of hockey south of the border. And while the Wranglers’ promotion has nothing to do with the NHL, it speaks to the bigger issue of how Americans view our game.
What they’ve done to the sport of hockey and what they’ve had to resort to in order to get people into the building only reinforces what we’ve known here in Canada all along: Gary Bettman’s great American experiment is an abysmal failure.
The hope was to make hockey a serious player that would one day stand shoulder to shoulder with the other professional leagues on the continent (the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball).
It didn’t happen. Hockey gets fewer television viewers in America than professional bowling. Interest in the game on a U.S. national scale is so small the NHL was forced to give away the TV broadcast rights. And in order to fill arenas, teams are often reduced to using tacky promotional campaigns.
The sorry state of hockey in America really hit home when Tiger Woods told reporters last year “I don’t think anybody really watches hockey anymore.”
The reality is that hockey is a considered a regional, fringe sport that enjoys small amounts of interest in a few American cities. And if you’re talking about NHL teams in the Sun Belt, a strong argument can be made that there is virtually no home-grown interest in the game. Pretty much everyone in attendance is a snowbird or a transplanted Canuck.
Free tickets for a bottle of booze? Bettman must be very proud.
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Post by Oracle on Mar 27, 2009 14:01:59 GMT -5
Yet the BOG still allows this to happen and endorses and obviously encourages Baghdad Garry to fiddle away while Baghdad burns.
What's going on here?
Have they no shame?
And Gretz (money's tight time to hawk some more Fords and donuts in Canada, he'd do it in the US and for way more money if he could but no one knows who he is down there, oh well), sure has been fascinating watching your decent from greatest hockey player in the world to Canada's number 1 Assclown.
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