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The end of Hockeytown?
mirtle.blogspot.com - 5/11/2008
The end of Hockeytown?
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I don't know if those tickets weren't sold (bad) or just not used (worse). I know only that if the Wings win seven more games, if they capture the Cup, if they keep up this excellence and they do it with this many empty seats, we don't deserve the name Hockeytown. And it'll be our loss. — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free PressThere were apparently more than 20,000 tickets sold to last night's game, so

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Gorilla Crouch — ... that the team sold out many of their games towards the end of the season. What’s the big difference between then and now? Well, besides the fact Detroit is one of only four teams left competing to win the Stanley Cup, ticket prices are much more expensive right now. ...

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