community.post-gazette.com - 12/21/2008
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Friday's post with pictures from an EN reader in Atlanta prompted a Thrashers fan to e-mail us with some background information on the lack of fans at Philips Arena:
" Basically, I wanted to comment on the above referenced blog post regarding the Penguins at Thrashers matchup from ...
fromtherink.com - 12/22/2008
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fromtherink.com —
The prices keep getting cheaper and cheaper for
tickets. For five years I purchased full season tickets....
In most years it was my primary entertainment expenditure. To have NHL season tickets was a dream of mine since I was a 15-year-old kid ...
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Atlanta: A case study in how to kill a fan base
ajc.com - 12/23/2008
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ajc.com —
A day after the longest night of the
year, Atlanta’s hockey team took a long winter’s nap....
The Thrashers slept soundly in front of a Philips Arena crowd announced as 16,413 people, and with the lamp behind their net lighting half a dozen times. They ...
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Thrashers 'outplayed' in loss to Leafs
hockeybuzz.com - 12/19/2008
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A Thrashers Fan Takes A Look At Atlanta
KK Hockey —
... lack of fans at Philips Arena:… There is so much that your readership needs to understand about the state of hockey in Atlanta. It has nothing to do with market, and everything to do with the willingness of fans to pay for a sub-par product. That’s just how Atlanta sports fans are. You or your readership may believe that I am simply making excuses, but all you really need to do is look at how full the arena was in 2006-2007 compared to last season, and now compared to this season. more Filed in: ...
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Bleacher Report - NHL 12/21/2008
The boys in blue and white were better than those in the powder blue uniforms at the Mellon Arena on Saturday.
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