Enthusiasm Cools for Hockey’s Foray Into the South (NY Times)
From The New York Times:
By JEFF Z. KLEIN and LEW SERVISS
Published: February 10, 2008
Local TV viewership for the Atlanta Thrashers in the first half of the season was down 50 percent from last year and in Dallas, Tampa Bay and Phoenix it has dropped by 29 to 35 percent. (It rose by 50 to 114 percent in Detroit, St. Louis and Minnesota.)
"...There just isn’t enough interest in the sport to make it work....", says one sports markting expert.
Paul Kelly, president of the N.H.L. Players’ Association, adds, “My own belief is that if a team from a nontraditional market has to relocate, it should go to one of the Canadian cities, like Winnipeg, where it would have the fan support and the revenue streams to do well.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/sports/hockey/10puck.html?ref=hockey
Editor's Note: It's about time - now what about Winnipeg, Quebec, Hamilton and even Halifax ?
By JEFF Z. KLEIN and LEW SERVISS
Published: February 10, 2008
Local TV viewership for the Atlanta Thrashers in the first half of the season was down 50 percent from last year and in Dallas, Tampa Bay and Phoenix it has dropped by 29 to 35 percent. (It rose by 50 to 114 percent in Detroit, St. Louis and Minnesota.)
"...There just isn’t enough interest in the sport to make it work....", says one sports markting expert.
Paul Kelly, president of the N.H.L. Players’ Association, adds, “My own belief is that if a team from a nontraditional market has to relocate, it should go to one of the Canadian cities, like Winnipeg, where it would have the fan support and the revenue streams to do well.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/sports/hockey/10puck.html?ref=hockey
Editor's Note: It's about time - now what about Winnipeg, Quebec, Hamilton and even Halifax ?
posted by eric model | 5:26 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home