Re: Accept it, Toronto: You
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:57 pm
Maybe he's from Portland or Oregon...
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douchebag wrote:It’s time to face up to some truths. As a city, Toronto is not a “small market” by definition. Fine. But the Toronto Raptors are unquestionably a small market franchise within the framework of North American professional sports. (Might as well throw the Blue Jays in there, too.) And you can’t really argue against that.
caliraptor wrote:Just for interest's sake, here are ROAD attendance figures throughout Raptor history. Listed is the road attendance figure and league ranking in brackets, followed by the top three road draws of the season.
It's obvious that star players draw attendance, like Jordan, Shaq, Iverson, and LeBron, even Carter's Raptors (1999-2002). More often than not, those teams were WINNING teams. Exception: 2001-2003 Washington Wizards. The Sacramento Kings were an example of an exciting team to watch and were not led just by one player (or a duo).
Interestingly enough, Dallas was only 22nd in road attendance last year...
1995-1996: 16508 (24) Chicago, Orlando, Lakers
1996-1997: 16560 (19) Chicago, Lakers, New York
1997-1998: 16571 (21) Chicago, Lakers, New York
1998-1999: 15799 (23) Lakers, Philadelphia, New York
1999-2000: 17724 (5) Lakers, New York, Sacramento
2000-2001: 17611 (5) Lakers, Philadelphia, Sacramento
2001-2002: 17200 (8) Lakers, Washington, Philadelphia
2002-2003: 16509 (15) Washington, Lakers, Philadelphia
2003-2004: 16480 (22) Lakers, Cleveland, Minnesota
2004-2005: 16677 (26) Miami, Lakers, Cleveland
2005-2006: 16595 (30) Miami, Lakers, Cleveland
2006-2007: 17347 (24) Miami, Cleveland, Lakers
2007-2008: 16653 (29) Boston, Lakers, Denver
2008-2009: 16785 (28) Lakers, Boston, Cleveland