From: twollnik@aud.alcatel.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: CHL: League Attendance 1/7
Date: 8 Jan 93 14:45:07 GMT
Distribution: rec

The following is taken from this mornings Dallas Morning News.

Attendance figures for the Central Hockey League through Thursday's games.
TEAM    Dallas    Fort Worth    Wichita    Memphis   Tusla    Okla. City
TOTAL   44,150      63,497      68,154     76,557    80,955    112,355
GAMES     11          15          16         13        15        16
AVG.     4,013       4,233       4,259     5,889      5,397     7,022

The league Totals:
TOTAL	445,668
GAMES     86
AVG      5,182

Perhaps these numbers look low to you Northerners, but they are actually
VERY good for the southwest.  The CHL league office specified that they
need an average attendance of 3,000 (for the league) to make a profit.  As you
can see, they are well above this value.  The attendance figures have been
stabilizing everywhere BUT Dallas and Fort Worth.  In these two cities,
agressive marketing by both teams (recently) has led to higher attendance
figures.  

The league expected that Dallas and Fort Worth would be the toughest
draws in the league.  This is due to the fact that Dallas has the
Mavericks, the Rangers, and of course the Cowboy's.  All of these teams
all share the sports market in the Metroplex area.  With the Maverick
bottoming out, the Cowboy's season winding down, and the Rangers not 
starting until April.....The Freeze and the Fire are expected sizeable 
increases in attendance.

OTHER CHL NEWS
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Tonight on cable, HSE (Home Sports Entertainment), the Fort Worth Fire
will play host to the Dallas Freeze.  To my knowledge this will be the FIRST
CHL game that will be televised live.  The coverage starts at 7:30.

The Fort Worth Fire placed forwards Curt Krolak (strained back) and 
Ryan Leschasin (fractured finger) on the 15-day injured-reserved list.
They have added defenseman  Paolo Racicot to the rooster.

(They have lost two forward, so they add a defenseman???? makes no
 sense to me.  But then again, they are in the league celler.)

Enjoy.......
Ted
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