Quote Originally Posted by Neely2005 View Post
The additional US television money and better attendance at the end of the season will more than make it worth their while going forward.
Again, the 3 weeks they would be head to head during the Stanley Cup playoffs, IMO would cost them more in ticket sales, than the 2 weeks in November. I've already done a comparison to playoff attendance vs regular season attendance this year. Only Winnipeg was below their average, and it was only by 300 tickets. Calgary was higher. Ottawa was their usual sell out. And Toronto was almost 60% higher than their average. Had Winnipeg hosted the Western final, they too likely would have been higher.

The notion that fans stay away in cold weather is without basis. Those that do, are absolutely in the minority.