Friday's notes: Nashville tuning in to Stanley Cup Final
by Dirk Hoag on Jun 3, 2011 10:07 AM EDT
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PrintThe Stanley Cup Final resumes tomorrow in Vancouver, and after having seen their team push the Canucks to six games during the Western Conference Semifinals, Nashville Predators are following this series avidly on TV. This morning, we kick off our morning news & notes with word that among NHL markets, Nashville's TV ratings for Game 1 on NBC were higher than in several more "traditional" hockey cities...
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The best part of that list was the non-NHL markets. Sure do love them some hockey in Ft. Myers and Richmond!
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 11:27 AM EDT reply actions
Yeah, but do people in Seattle care about Vancouver? I mean, I don’t care about Bowling Green.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
No. Emo was an outgrowth of hardcore, which was based in DC. Most emo bands are from the east coast, though Jawbreaker was from SF, Jimmy Eat World is from Phoenix (though they may move to either Kansas City or Quebec next year), Get Up Kids are from KC.
Seattle is the home of grunge, which is very very different.
Sorry. Geek out moment.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Why am I having such reply issues today? Sheesh.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
I don’t think people in Seattle care about hockey at all. Putting a team there would be horrible
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Seattle as a city has won as many Stanley Cups as Vancouver has.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
I was going to say you're wrong...
But the Vancouver Millionaires won it in 1915, and the Seattle Metropolitans won it in 1917.
BTW, Millionaires is an awesome name. Maybe Hamilton/Basille’s team (assuming they ever get one) should be the Billionaires.
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Fun fact: The Canucks ownership secured the rights to the Millionaires name this year. They should change the name, as Millionaires is a better name than Canucks by a damn site.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 4, 2011 10:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Reporting from Seattle:
No, you don’t see many Canucks fans around here at all.
And I think this town could definitely support an NHL team
I do too.
With no Sonics to compete with and the Nucks as natural rivals the NHL would work there. There’s owners wanting to buy a team but gotta build a barn first.
Okay I'm impressed
7th is not bad at all. It really sounds like hockey is taking a hold down there (and not just Predators hockey), and that is great news.
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
Honestly, I was shocked Nashville was that high – and I wrote the “consummate story” (in the words of Buddy Oakes) on Nashville becoming more of a hockey town. But I was shocked that local sports talk was still talking about the Vancouver series a week after it ended and I was shocked that we hear free agency talk on sports radio. Someone called in yesterday afternoon during an hour-long segment about baseball to ask about conference re-alignment.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 11:37 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s only a good sign. I was in Phoenix in November and even after the Coyotes played that night, all the sports talk was about the Suns and the Cardinals, even though neither team played that night.
Getting TV ratings when your team is playing is one thing, but keeping that on when your team is out? That means people really care about the sport
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
The real test, as always, will be in October and November (if there’s NFL).
Looking back, we only played 10 home games in those two months this past season. I suspect that’s on purpose – the team telling the NHL scheduling gurus they have lots of arena events planned during football season – but we sold out four of those and two of those four sell-outs were on a Saturday night and getting people to a game on a Saturday night in the South during college football season is, I suppose, a bit of a challenge.
So we’ll see if it holds up. I don’t have any reason to believe it won’t.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions
Very true. But I think it’s safe bet to think that the team will be at least as popular, and probably more popular, after the playoff run this year.
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"You can't come in my kitchen, kick my dog, and take a box full of ballpoints! Your ass must be crazy!"
Winning is more fun than losing, that’s for sure. And there’s no reason to believe the Titans are going to be any good. I think there’s going to be bigger crowds this fall.
Sort of related: I thought I read somewhere that Fox Sports was going to see if it was worth it to broadcast either Carolina or Nashville games to the Atlanta market next season.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions
That was a tweet from the Sports Business Journal. We’ll definitely keep our eye on that…
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I hope that doesn’t mean Atlanta would follow Nashville’s blackout restrictions. If it did, that would suck. Currently I can see the blacked out and non-televised games on Center Ice.
Yeah, I’m not sure how that would work, because I think the black-out is for in-market games, and no matter how you slice, ATL is not in-market.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here, being in Tuscaloosa, we got all of the Atlanta Fox Sports stuff, so I would love to have the Preds. But, if that would mess with my CenterIce then…. no.
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by Marc Torrence on Jun 4, 2011 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I got an Arizona travel guide a year ago and they had write ups on every imaginable sports team in the state, but not even a peep about the Coyotes. That’s sad.
by Grizzledbear on Jun 3, 2011 5:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Royals were home against the Angels. That explains it.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 11:49 AM EDT reply actions
7th
ok, i’m very impressed. it’d be interesting to find a breakdown of how people were pulling as well.
with the ratings in Indianapolis, i musta been the only one watching in my neighborhood…..
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NBA Finals Ratings
Anyone seen the NBA ratings for Nashville? Can’t imagine they’re higher than those NHL numbers
NBA playoffs have fairly consistently beat the NHL playoffs in Nashville this season – and by a solid margin. I’m looking for the Finals numbers, though.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Rudy just woke up and said… “We’re carrying the Stanley Cup Finals? What are those?”
You're welcome...
He knew NBC was carrying the Stanley Cup, he just thought Stanley Steamer was sponsoring NASCAR now.
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by JRTheByLineGrinder on Jun 3, 2011 3:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Wow Winnipeg!
They’ve already sold out the most expensive sections for 5 years and have sold 7,158 STH in 48 hours. The season tix to the general public, non-Moose STH, go on sale at noon Saturday and I have no doubt all 13K STH will be sold out by Sunday. Very impressive for my former city fans. Already talk up there about expanding the arena up to 3,000 more seats in 3-5 years if demand stays high and what the waiting list turns out to be. From indications of the pre-relocation, there were over 50,000 committed STH.
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