Ducky
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Post by Ducky on Jul 7, 2009 0:21:27 GMT -5
Portland's population: 575,930 Toronto's population: about 2.5 million including MSA and toronto's greater area, its: Portland: 2.5 million Toronto: 5.5 million. And we got no other big cities in OR. Salem is 2nd biggest city with 125,000 people.. We get 102.2% attendance. Toronto gets 94.8% attendance. Hence Portland has better fan support and better attendance numbers. I never argued any of those points. I just wanted to expose your ignorance on Canada. I know, but Toronto has a huge population base. And considering they're the only Canadian team, you'd think they'd sell out more?
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Post by OJ the Juiceman on Jul 7, 2009 0:46:28 GMT -5
First of all, not all of Canada roots for the Raptors
Second, even if all of Canada did, that doesn't impact attendance at all.
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Post by dj on Jul 7, 2009 1:04:48 GMT -5
Over the last 7 years, Toronto had a higher home attendance PCT 5 times. So, even when Toronto is bad(like this year) the fans still show up in good numbers... which doesn't appear to be the case in Portland.
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