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Old Posted Jun 6, 2016, 2:31 PM
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Just amazing season for the Rush. When the move to Saskatoon was first announced last year, once I got past the "who knew that there was professional lacrosse?" stage, I figured that this would be another failed pro sports experiment in Saskatoon much like our basketball teams, The Storm & The Slam in previous decades.

Most of the people that I knew (almost all of whom are active sports supporters) figured that they'd be lucky to draw more than 7,000 - 8,000 fans at $40 - $60 ticket prices. As I recall, they drew about 9,000 for the first game in January. Word of mouth spread quickly about the atmosphere at the games and attendance continued to rise, until it became the toughest ticket in the province to secure.

I could see the season ticket base realistically being in the 10,000 range for next year. Given that they averaged about 7,000 fans in Edmonton, the Owner, Bruce urban now looks like a genius for moving the team to Toontown.

Congrats to the entire Rush Organization. Let's go for the Threepeat next year.
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