There has been a real shake-up in our economy the last few years. Many Alaskan's are faced with very hard decisions and don't have the extra money for unnecessary things like hockey. The influx of people for the last couple games are from people acknowledging they won't be able to see local hockey at that level for a while.
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I didn't go to hockey because I didn't like how the day-to-day staff handled certain things, they came off as arrogant.. even disrespectful to me. I simply voted with my wallet and let go of 4 season tickets. The bottom line is, for whatever reason enough people have decided to do other things with their time, the owners have recognized this and are making decisions based on that.
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Hockytown, I think your shame is misplaced, you should really be ashamed of your above post. It is extremely arrogant to decide how others should spend what entertainment money they have. This includes "fair weather" fans.