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Originally Posted by Oilkountry
Winnipeg.....we need to talk.
11K fans for a game is unacceptable, No matter how "meh" this team is. I understand chipman's unwavering loyalty to players and staff is an issue. I understand tickets are too expensive. But go back to 1996. "save our jets" should ring in your ears like the "true north chant" did in 2011. This stand off with the fans isnt cute. Oilers fans stuck with the team through the worst 2 decades hockey had ever seen. rexall stayed full. Youre not even close to that now. You have a playoff calibre team.
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It would really help if a fan from another province cheering for another team, did not try to tell us what to do. First off, the "Save the Jets" movement was in 1995, not 1996. Second of all, the lean years for the Oilers were from 2006-15, coincidentally when the province was experiencing a record oil boom, combined with low housing prices, and some of the highest average wages in the nation. It also helped that tickets were less than 1/2 of what they are today. During the Oilers lean years, it should be noted that every Canadian team was selling out all their home games, no matter how they performed on-ice.
It should be noted that I was living in the Edmonton area from 2011-15, and I had no problem getting two secondary tickets on the market for $50 or under.
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You wont get a 3rd kick at the can. You're not Atlanta. Go find a group of 5-10 Couples and buy season tickets, if 1000 groups did that all would be righted. Make a date night with your partner out of it. Ask your boss why they aren't advertising with the Jets. Don't sit back and watch this team move for the last time. Don't try and put out the fire after its blazing. The Jets are the lifeblood of the city without them winnipeg is just a bigger Regina.
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Typical outside who knows nothing about the economic realities of the city. Your "solutions" to the Jets attendance woes, are naive at the very least. Nobody is going to support the Jets out of necessity, when it means falling behind on mortgage payments, or basic household necessities.
Furthermore, you drastically overestimate how important the Jets are to the community. I lived through the departure of the Jets 1.0 as a teenager. It was very depressing when the Jets moved, but life went on. By the time the Pan AM Games were held, the Jets were ancient history. People either became fans of other teams, or went to Moose games.
It was not as a big deal as you make it out to be. The economy and population of Manitoba actually improved from the dark days of the 90s. We built an arena in 2004, and skyscrapers were constructed during the non-Jets days. To imply Winnipeg is doomed without the Jets, and would be nothing without them, is silly. It should also be noticed that professional sports teams contribute less than 1% to the economy of a city (directly or indirectly).
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), it will be up to businesses either buying season ticket packages or current stakeholder businesses adding more seats to their current allotment. If a decent-sized business has 10 seats, maybe add 5 more. If a large business already has a suite, then add a few dozen seats on top of that. A member of the HFBoards stated that one big corporation had a suite and a decent number of season seats in another Canadian City while in Winnipeg they had only a suite....these are the types that need to up their commitment.
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