NHL: Seattle applicants: 10,000 season ticket applications in twelve minutes

The application by the group of investors around Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer for a place in the North American professional ice hockey league NHL is gaining enormous popularity with the sports fans in Seattle. In just twelve minutes, the first 10,000 reservations for season tickets were gone and a total of over 25,000 applications were accepted.

“We’re shocked. The fans have spoken,”said Tim Leiweke, managing director of the Oak View Group. In mid-February, Seattle had officially applied for an NHL place and submitted the relevant papers. At the earliest by the 2020/21 season, a 32. Play team.

Ten million dollars were due for the application, the license fee is another 650 million (approximately 530 million euros). For the current season, the Vegas Golden Knights were ranked 31st. franchise into the NHL.