Comments on: Morning Papers Take: What is going on in the desert?

By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Morning Papers Take: Playing hockey in the desert, Oasis or Mirage?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:45:16 +0000

[...] I’ve discussed the situation in Phoenixquite a bit. The revelation that the economy is doing poorly and is adversely affecting sports [...]

By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Pictures from the Phoenix Coyotes 2nd home game – Where is everyone?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:29:22 +0000

[...] Update #2: A look at all the Coyotes home games. [...]

By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Nightly Hockey Hits: Trying to make sense of Sens’ grievance, a look at the Canucks/Rangers brawl, rent out Fenway’s Winter Classic rink for 10k, more rumours including Peter Forsberg.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:23:28 +0000

[...] attendance. Kinda surprising the numbers in Denver so far. No surprise about Phoenix as we commented yesterday. Perhaps as the weather gets colder, folks across the league will start thinking about attending [...]

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:12:00 +0000

Incentives to bring strangers?

By: IllegalCurve.com » Blog Archive » Nightly Hockey Hits: Hitchcock’s honesty, changes at The Score and is Phoenix a lost cause?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:01:57 +0000

[...] Morning Papers Take: What is going on in the desert? [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:51:13 +0000

The team has been sold to the NHL, that may be as encouraging as it gets in Phoenix, so if that isn’t enough (see the attendance above) it is more than an uphill battle to keep the team there.

By: rusty

rusty — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:45:56 +0000

If the team is to get any fans, they need to concentrate on their existing base and let them do some of the work. Offer incentives to bring friends, relatives or even strangers and hope people are interested.

Should the team stay long-term, they should invest heavily in youth hockey and grow their own fans. Coupled with this initiative, they should try and make inroads into the Hispanic community by sponsoring clinics and teams.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:14:52 +0000

Cue the theme to “Jaws”. This team is gone. And I feel sorry for the 5000 or so real fans they have, but too little, too late.