This is starting to remind me of the peak attendance days where you really needed to buy tickets 2-3 weeks ahead of games and occasionally they built the temporary stand on the open end of the arena , that is where our 10,000+ attendances came from. And of course this is happening at the same time as the football teams are enjoying success , well one of them is anyway.....
I've only ever seen the temporary seating twice. Once for the Benson & Hedges cup final against Newcastle and at a Metallica gig.
The club should be congratulated for the huge effort they have put in to increase the fans through the door. A mixture of free tickets, good marketing and a good team to watch finally is paying off. There were healthy numbers under the PT era, many of us said imagine how many more there would be if there was a good on ice product to watch, well that's starting to show.
Imagine if you were a brand-new fan in the PT days.......I reckon they'd be enjoying it more now! Maybe that was the club's plan all along :twisted:
I'm not sure that's a trend for the league as a whole though.
That is excellent news and one that everyone at the club should take credit for. The main reason is because of the on ice product, i stopped going when PT was here because the hockey was awful. Under AF, the hockey is much more entertaining and certainly exciting!!
