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Originally Posted by RyLucky
The Saddledome can hold 19, 289. Why are we even building another?
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Because a new arena designed to maximize revenue is better than an old one, even with the same number (or less) seats. It is why the Saddledome went from 20,240 seats to 19,289 when they put in more luxury suites and club seats.
With TV viewing becoming what it is there is much less benefit in building more and more seats which are far away from ice level, especially when those seats are the most expensive to build and bring in the least revenue. The ~19,000 seat range is also more advantageous with changes in demand better (quicker for ticket prices to go up, slower for them to do down) than trying to push the 20,000 mark. All the new arenas in the past decade have stayed in the 18 or 19,000 seat range, a couple even less. It's just better business.
There is also the issue of the Saddledome not being suitable for a number of major concerts due to its shape, so the 19,289 isn't even adequate to maximize the overall capacity through non-hockey events.
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