Bubbles
Die Hard for Bedard 2023
Yes, if they can garner the necessary community support, if not then well....
I would love for someone to provide a break even point for revenue and expenses for your typical Junor A franchise that provides for equipment, travel and billeting (in short, all costs covered to play). I would imagine that such costs would have to run close to 350K per year. Throw in coaches and GM salaries and that figure most likely rises to 550k per annum (and I'm being really conservative here).
A CHL franchise's expense is easily double that as coaches are paid far more and they are required to pay all post secondary educational expenses.
This is anecdotal, but here's what I can add.
I just went to a Surrey Eagles game Saturday night. They are the best team in the BCHL this year and are now in the 2nd round of the playoffs. You would think that more fans would show up, right?
Nope, I checked the attendance, it was 796. There are 1180 seats according to their specs. For context, there was no NHL or WHL games that night. There are actually several local kids on the team so you would think they would draw in more people.
Say let's say they draw 300 more a night, at $20 a ticket, that's $6000 more income. Not to mention the food/merch income.
Surrey also has a population of more than 500,000, but in reality the Eagles only draw from S. Surrey.
I do wonder how they're going to do financially with the increased costs of travel next year.