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Originally Posted by cormiermax
The latter could be said for Nova Scotia as well could it not? As for Roughriders support, the CFL is a long way off from the NHL.
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Not really.
Both provinces have around a million people and there are 6 NHLers from Nova Scotia and 37 from Saskatchewan.
The Riders average around 30,000 fans a game with an average ticket price of about 40 dollars. Total attendance for a season is in the 250-300,000 range.
The best comparison for Halifax is the Mooseheads with an average ticket price of about 15 dollars a game. Average seasonal attendance for them is around 200,000.
Plus Regina already has a 30,000 seat stadium, and is going ahead with the construction of a brand new slightly bigger one that frankly looks like it will be amazing (by CFL standards anyway).
The attendance in Regina at CFL games proves that people from across the province will regularly travel to the capital city to attend sporting events. This is a demonstrated fact.
There is lots of talk about people travelling to Halifax from, say, Moncton, to NHL or CFL games but this has yet to be demonstrated.
Bottom line: SK has a proven track record. Halifax does not. And I say this even though I would love for Halifax to get a CFL or an NHL club. Ideally both.