Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Empty seats at Chiefs games alarming

by Troy Landreville of the Langley Advance

As of Dec. 8, the British Columbia Hockey League reported that an average of 548 fans have attended each of the Chiefs' first 17 home games at the GPRC. Only the Quesnel Millionaires (550) attract fewer fans to their rink.

When you consider that the 35-year-old GPRC (formerly known as the Langley Civic Centre) seats more than a thousand folks, and it's half full at best during Chiefs games, I shiver to think of what games will look and feel like when the team moves to the 3,200 seat, $56 million Langley Events Centre, currently under construction in Willoughby.

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