Winnipeg Jets Owner Responds After Concerns the Team Might Be Moved
It seems the talk of low attendance and how it might impact the team's chances of staying in Winnipeg, has been loud enough that the owner has decided to respond.
Mark Chipman is the Executive Chair of True North Sports & Entertainment, the group that owns the Winnipeg Jets. The team has been seeing a major drop in attendance this season, with attendance at the Jets' first two games being just over 11,000. In a new interview with Darren Dreger of TSN, Chipman was asked bluntly whether fans should be worried that the time could be on the move again.
Dreger: "Is there any real threat of a sale, or relocation if this can't get turned around?"
Chipman: "No"
Chipman: "No"
Considering this is the second Winnipeg Jets team in the NHL, with the first being sold to Phoenix in 1996, Chipman admitted he could see why there would be concern.
"I can see how somebody might, how you could ask that question, you know? Because it happened once, is there concern it could happen again because we're a small market? I say, like, not on our watch."
Fair enough, but True North Sports & Entertainment, like any investment group, won't bleed money forever without taking some sort of action.
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