OHL Attendance figures

[AlphaDog]

Originally Posted by B-Rad

Oddly enough both games against Brampton were very low. .

Remember - SOME of the seats here at home are taken up by away-team fans. Brampton has no fans.

DOH! :001_tongue:

(sorry, any chance I get to dump on Brampton I have to take - as they were the reason I can't put nice photos up on the site anymore )

[B-Rad]

Originally Posted by AlphaDog

Remember - SOME of the seats here at home are taken up by away-team fans. Brampton has no fans.

DOH! :001_tongue:

(sorry, any chance I get to dump on Brampton I have to take - as they were the reason I can't put nice photos up on the site anymore )

Why can't you put up photos because Brampton?

[AlphaDog]

Originally Posted by B-Rad

Why can't you put up photos because Brampton?

I used to be allowed to use my digital SLR with the nice telephoto lens to get good actions shots, at our games. "Technically" I wasn't supposed to be cause it was against OHL policy - only accredited media can use those cameras at games. I was given permission by the Icedogs to use it until "a situation arose". Leave it to Brampton to create that situation. I was planning on going to Brampton to watch the Icedogs/Battalion play, and emailed the Brampton office to see if I could get permission to use my digital SLR at their rink. They didn't bother replying to me - but they DID call the Icedogs office and notify them that I shouldn't be using my camera at the games here, because it's against OHL policy. So.. I got a phone call from the IceDogs saying I couldn't use my digital SLR anymore. So, no more good game photos from me.

Although, after inquiring with the OHL about this, I got 2 separate responses - one saying that I had to be an accredited media photographer to use it, the other saying that generally I had to be an accredited media photographer but the Icedogs COULD however grant that sort of permission within their own building. So I asked the Dogs office about this but was told they couldn't. So it was a real whirlwind for me during that time, hearing different things from all sides.

In the end it game down to Brampton seeing the photos Icedogfans.com, then Brampton telling the Icedogs to tell me my camera priveledges were revoked. The team's official photographer said he didn't have any problem with the photos, the office knows they were completely NON commercial and just used on the site, so I don't know where the harm was being done, or why the OHL has that policy as long as the team, team photographer, and everyone else is ok with it. Maybe Brampton's office was just angry because IceDog fans have more heart and passion for the game than their fans, and are willing to put forth the time and energy that everyone in these forums do. Kind of Brampton's way of saying "our fans wouldn't do that on the internet for our team - so we don't want fans of other teams to have the ability to do it either" Waawaaawaa

Maybe some decade in the future, the internet will finally be recognized as media, and sites like this can qualify for the proper credentials. :sad2:

[B-Rad]

Wow. That's pretty petty on Brampton's part.

[VERBATIM]

Hey Im still working on it.
https://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/bps.nsf

Just have to cross the T's and dot the I's and we will be good to go.

Seems with membership we will be accredited media photographer for an internet paper or /forum.

[AlphaDog]

Originally Posted by ********

Hey Im still working on it.
https://www.cna-acj.ca/client/cna/bps.nsf

Just have to cross the T's and dot the I's and we will be good to go.

Seems with membership we will be accredited media photographer for an internet paper or /forum.

But doesn't membership require you to be part of a newsPAPER ? I think any local paper would qualify as being an accredited media outlet (I don't think the OHL requires being a member of the CNA). But if the CNA accepts online web sites, hehe, that would be nice :wink2:

[strohs]

	OHL ATTENDANCE (as of end of Monday December 31, 2007 games)
				REPORTED
RANK	TEAM		SELLOUT	GAMES		TOTAL		AVERAGE		CAPACITY		POP.		H.T.I.
1	Owen Sound		0	15		36,461		2,431		69.46%		21,753		7.7625
2	London		6	22		198,024		9,001		99.02%		352,395		7.5876
3	Sault Ste. Marie		0	17		77,567		4,563		91.26%		74,948		5.5561
4	Plymouth		0	18		45,683		2,538		56.40%		27,798		5.1494
5	Belleville		0	19		48,687		2,562		78.66%		48,821		4.1279
6	Saginaw		1	15		56,142		3,743		67.72%		61,799		4.1016
7	Sarnia		0	17		60,649		3,568		68.62%		71,419		3.4282
8	Peterborough		1	17		50,687		2,982		79.97%		74,898		3.1839
9	Guelph		0	19		76,382		4,020		80.71%		114,943		2.8227
10	Oshawa		1	19		89,624		4,717		83.68%		141,590		2.7878
11	Kitchener		0	20		118,388		5,919		92.48%		204,668		2.6745
12	Barrie		0	19		65,883		3,468		82.67%		128,430		2.2323
13	Erie		0	15		52,399		3,493		63.51%		103,717		2.1389
14	Sudbury		0	18		71,714		3,984		78.12%		157,857		1.9716
15	Niagara		3	19		47,351		2,492		80.39%		131,989		1.5178
16	Windsor		0	19		60,255		3,171		72.07%		216,473		1.0557
17	Kingston		0	16		31,355		1,960		59.39%		117,207		0.9932
18	Ottawa		1	20		155,222		7,761		78.67%		812,129		0.7518
19	Brampton		0	18		41,363		2,298		48.14%		433,806		0.2550
20	Mississauga		0	18		34,984		1,944		32.40%		668,549		0.0942
	H.T.I. - calculated as such = (average attendance * capacity %) / city population
	* where capacity exceeds 95%, the capacity % figure is multiplied by 3.
Niagara rank each category			2nd			15th		16th		7th				15th

Niagara's average attendance has increased from 2,419 to 2,492 during December. This report includes only the sellout versus Sudbury on the 30th.

I will be keeping track of every team's post Christmas attendance as well, as I have noticed a general increase in attendance in games after Christmas.

Good to see a large surge in the Niagara attendance. Since the second lowest attendance of the year, of 2,168 of game 14, attendance has been, sequentially, as follows:

#15 - 2,382
#16 - 2,424
#17 - 2,705
#18 - 2,832
#19 - 3,145
#20 - 3,145
#21 - 3,008

[WellandDogsFan]

Thanks for updating.

[Phil Margonis]

very interesting, thanks
hopefully the attendance continues to to stay high for the 2nd half. The Soo should be a sold out game on the 17th I would think.

[WellandDogsFan]

I believe the 27th v sarnia will be close to a sell out for sure. Depending on how the team does, looking at the second half schedule, there is a potential for a large number of sell outs.