Post by 2b9 on Apr 23, 2024 20:39:56 GMT -6
IMO, the only real effect of pandemic on the attendance is that it made it easy for people who were already teetering on their season tix commitments for a variety of reasons.
I think ticket prices have little to do with the drop in attendance. It's all about customer service, fan experience and a lot of issues surrounding that...no scarcity of tix when you have a bunch of p-oh'd fans who say enough of not being valued by the organization...huge mistake by ownership in a market like Winnipeg.
Which you can infer, nothing to do with the quality of market; very solid NHL market. Fan interest in the Jets has never waned as far as I can tell...everybody still wants to talk Jets in this city. However, fans here must also acknowledge that at some point they will have to go back if we want to be sure the team will stay. Ownership has a major part to play in that and I still see half measures in addressing the issues that turned fans off in the first place...not one thing, it was one thing after another. They still have many fences to mend and it will take time to rebuild actual fan loyalty to TN.
That said, went through a string of years where the players didn't seem to value the fans at all, way too many subpar efforts. No such complaints about the product they put together for us this year, which is or you would think *should be* the overarching factor. Having a hard working team for the most part and good entertainment like we had this year, I can see fans have started to swallow their principles because the hockey has been damn good! Been selling out regularly last 1/4 of the season.
Another challenge for Winnipeg is corporate support. The Jets have a lot lower % of seats sold to corporations vs most other teams.
Jets will be fine.
Corporate Sales are being worked on, nothing to worry about, it’ll get done.
It’s only the negative nellies and naysayers as per usual are predicting the Jets demise, nothing unusual from those types.
D. T., one of the richest men in the World, Chipman, one of the richest in Manitoba and Canada, Jets are not going anywhere, for what I’ve mentioned of the 2 dudes, their focus is Winnipeg and Manitoba, long term and forever investing in Winnipeg and Manitoba.
Cheers,
2b9😉😃👍