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Originally Posted by Highwayman
Have you even been downtown? People that go to Jets games park in the parking lots and parkade for the most part. They don't walk around downtown. Also it's not even bad downtown. You are just a typical grouchy person that will find fault in everything. They should have a thread ( I hate Winnipeg ) and you'd be in there all the time. I haven't found a thread this week where you commented anything positive. And we definitely won't get into what you think about Aboriginal Gas Stations.  |
The fact that someone would even suggest the Jets attendance problems is due to the arena being built downtown, is enough to wonder if they are suffering from early onset dementia. Most sports teams in North America have arenas downtown, for too many reasons to mention. Just look at teams who build arenas in the outlying suburbs in the past 50 years:
Ottawa (1996) - have been asking the province for fans to build a new arena, as nearly everyone hates the location
Cleveland (1974)- built arena off the freeway south of Cleveland. Lasted 20 years before closing, after DOWNTOWN arena was built
Florida (1998) - built arena off the I-95 turnpike far away from Miami. Attendance has been a problem for over a decade.
Arizona (2003) - built arena at the NW end of the city. Horrible attendance from the start. Moved out in 2022, and looking for a arena close to downtown.
Minnesota (1967) - built arena in suburban Minneapolis. Attendance bad by the late 80s. Team ended up relocating to Dallas in 1993.
New jersey (1982) - built arena off turnpike in suburban New Jersey, habitually averaging 13,000 people a game. Moved to Newark in 2007.
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