Word has it an ownership group approached the SPHL about putting a team in Baltimore, MD. The SPHL rejected them due to regional structure. Perhaps its time for a new brand of single A hockey to give it a try.
We do know that they are willing to work with smaller league teams, the ABA announced a team will be playing there next season.
The 1st Mariner Arena has never been successful at housing hockey, but it has also never been in a league that was designed to lower the costs for all involved. The arena is huge, it seats 11,000 for hockey, why not turn this burden into a blessing.
Instead of trying to get 1,000 people to give you $12, why not sell $6 tickets and try for 2,000 fans. With $150 season tickets it will be a lot easier to get fans in the doors.
Give the marketing to an agency and let them keep 60% of what they sell. Run some gimmicks and try to get some big games. A few thousand extra fans for a handful of games would be gravy on the budget.
If the Arena is giving the team a cut of concessions, another trick that they used to do in Fresno is to find large local employers (1000 plus employees) and let them buy tickets for $1-2. Try for a 3,000 person group. A lot of times the fans kids wont really know the sport so they will be all over the place, which always leads to concessions sales. If you get 10% of the fans to come back, thats 300 people.
It's defiantly an creative, but as I have talked about before, that needs to be the cornerstone of this level.
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Let's exchange links. I run www.Faceoff-factor.com.
Also, would it be okay if we quote some of your pieces from time to time if we credit you with a link immediately before or after the quote?
Email me at Defence21 AT aol DOT com.
Matt
Quote me all you want. As soon as I have exhausted my options for ownership this fall, I'll try to go more into detail on some of things I have heard.
You might want to check this out. There will be a new league in the Maryland area. It is the called the Professional Development Hockey League (PDHL).
They are targeting younger players so they help them move up. (www.thepdhl.net)
Sorry about the error. The league is called the Professional Development Hockey League. The league is run by J.P.Mattingly and Charles Kurtinitis.
Thanks for the link, I can't even get an email back from the PDHL people.
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