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Originally Posted by JHikka
I'm sure Edmonton users will kindly remind us that this isn't at all the case but I can see it being plausible that the market is fatigued. There have been a few events in the past few years and it seems like 2022 has been a down year for most teams and events (Elks, FC Ed, and now U20s).
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Edmonton may be a big city but it is a smaller sports market... I strongly suspect it is a relatively small pool of people buying the lions share of increasingly expensive season tickets, tournament packages, etc. At a certain point you just hit a wall with the number of multi-thousand dollar invoices you want to pay out of your own pockets, or that accounting will approve.
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Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes
I don't think this is an Edmonton thing, although maybe in a smaller municipality with less things to do and less sports in the area might have done better.
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During last night's game the announcers mentioned tickets were moving fast in Halifax and Moncton and I'd believe it. Edmonton just came off a long NHL playoff run where people were paying hundreds of dollars a game, and I'm sure it drained some sports budgets. That is not a factor in those places.