Winnipeg Jets, Buffalo Sabres among NHL teams struggling with attendance

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With some teams not even filling out 90% capacity, why is attendance such an issue early on?

We’re only a week into the NHL season, but some teams are already dealing with the issue of low attendance. The Winnipeg Jets are only filling out 80% capacity at home so far, the Buffalo Sabres are only at 83%, and even the Washington Capitals saw their massive home sellout streak end on Monday night.

When you include Winnipeg and Calgary, that’s two teams that did not sell out their home openers, which two of the seven, that’s a pretty significant number, and I think for some teams it’s only going to get worse. You see that initial bump in opening night, and then things fall off. If you watched the Flyers game, they went head-to-had against the Phillies in the NLCS across the parking lot, which is always tough. There were huge swaths, almost whole sections, that had no one in them.

 

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