The arena was sold out, and the attendance of 17,503 was the Oilers' biggest crowd ever to that date.
9. avgusta 1988 so v enem prestopnem poslu, ki je imel velik vpliv in odmev v ligi NHL, Gretzky, McSorley in Krushelnyski prestopili v Los Angeles, Oilersi pa so dobili Carsona, Martina Gelinasa, 15 milijonov dolarjev ter prve izbire Kingsov na naborih v letih 1989 (prodano New Jersey Devilsom, ki so izbrali Jasona Millerja), 1991 (Martin Ručínský) in 1993 (Nick Stajduhar).