Senators President & CEO Roy Mlakar said that the team
needs to "boost ticket sales to small- and medium-sized
businesses," according to Bruce Garrioch of the OTTAWA SUN.
Ten corporations make up "more than" 44% of team and arena
revenue, and of the 9,431 registered businesses in the area,
"only" 245 have purchased season tickets. Mlakar: "I've
been very happy with the corporate support we've gotten and
the support from Joe Fan. There's one specific area we need
to improve and that's going to be the market we're going to
target." Garrioch writes that the Senators' season-ticket
sales "stand at" 10,447 (OTTAWA SUN, 11/13). Mlakar
"produced statistics" yesterday showing that 3% of season-
ticket holders were professional & medical services; 2% were
legal services & law firms; 3% were banks & investment
services; 4% from the real-estate industry; and 5% were
accounting, engineering and consulting services (Toronto
GLOBE & MAIL, 11/13). Mlakar also added that the Senators
have the second highest game-day sales in the league, with
"typically 7,000" people buying tickets at the gate (OTTAWA
CITIZEN, 11/13). The Senators sell 44% of tickets to
individual game purchasers and are averaging 15,646 fans
through seven games with one sellout. Through the same
amount of dates last season, the team averaged 16,295 with
two sellouts (Toronto GLOBE & MAIL, 11/13).
NOT A THREAT TO MOVE: In Ottawa, Allen Panzeri writes
that the city "is not in any danger of losing the team."
Mlakar: "We're not going to put wheels on the franchise and
move it to Oklahoma City" (OTTAWA CITIZEN, 11/13).
A WISE GUY: In Ottawa, Chris Stevenson: "When the cry
goes out at the Corel Centre, 'Is there a doctor in the
house?' the answer is, yeah, just one" (OTTAWA SUN, 11/13).
