\u0022There\u0027s an excitement, there\u0027s a pent\u002Dup demand. I\u0027ve been part of this community for more than 30 years and I can\u0027t remember a time where, at this point in the season, we\u0027re seeing as much optimism.\u0022
As the Senators prepare to open training camp Sept. 21 at the Canadian Tire Centre, Anthony LeBlanc, the club’s president of business operations, told reporters during a news conference Wednesday that season-ticket sales are up 60 per cent from 2019.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“There’s an excitement, there’s a pent-up demand. I’ve been part of this community for more than 30 years and I can’t remember a time where, at this point in the season, we’re seeing as much optimism and as much excitement as we’re seeing today. “The number of corporate sponsors we’ve had return in the last six months has been remarkable,” LeBlanc said. “These are people that are getting excited because of what they expect this team is going to be able to do. On the business front, we couldn’t be happier in regards to seat sales and with more sponsorships.Article content
“The number of sellouts we’re projecting will be considerably above what we’ve seen in the last four or five years,” LeBlanc said. “That’s what we need to get to. We’ve got to get to the point where this is the ‘must have’ ticket in this community. The thing is that’s not an unrealistic expectation because that used to be the case.
“Opening night we’re expecting a sellout,” said LeBlanc. “Are we going to have some games that are a little bit lighter on the attendance side? I think we probably will because that’s just the nature of the schedule in the early part of the year.Article content
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