Originally posted by videoholic
Exactly.
I don\'t know why anyone could rag on Florida Sports for anything.
Why do people just assume that because we have a beach that we can\'t comprehend, much less be good and support, a game like hockey.
Check the attendance records. I\'m willing to bet that we hold at least the top spot for single game attendance and maybe even the top 5-10 spots.
The attendance at hockey games all year have been great. I know the games I went to were packed.
No worries. It\'s ok to be like most others and just assume Florida sucks. It certainly worked when everyone underestimated the Bucs two years ago.
The Lightning haven\'t been THAT successful when it comes to NHL attendance...
AVERAGE ATTENDANCE 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03
National Hockey League 16549 16486 16591
Tampa Bay Lightning 14907 15366 16545
an avg of 16,545 in an arena that can hold over 27000 in 2002/03? That is below the league avg as you can see. The games that they do sell out are due to the other team that is visiting - ie. Detroit, Colorado, etc... That is how it is everywhere there is a weak market. Colorado, I believe has the record for consecutive sold out home games.