My fiance and I live in the northeastern part of the country… We are sizable hockey fans.
While we watch as more than 2 NHL games as possible, we absolutely rarely attend in-person, for the majority of the hockey season, the weather in our local area is seriously chilly and snowy.
We live approximately an hour’s drive from the nearest professional arena, there is a strong opportunity of facing blizzard conditions or even a driving ban on the night of a game. We don’t want to spend the money on tickets and then be unable to actually attend the game. We prefer to watch from the comfort and safety of our home office, where we have access to popcorn and control of the temperature control, a few years ago, my child moved to Tampa, FL. He has season tickets to Tampa Bay Lightning games; My fiance and I plan our visits to Tampa around catching a game. It is a absolutely weird experience. Instead of bundling up in heavy boots, wool coats, hats and scarves, we are able to wear shorts and T-shirts, and rather than brush snow off the vehicle and scrape ice off the windshield, we run the air conditioner during the commute. There is consistently a crowd of people gathered in front of the site, enjoying the sunshine, live tunes and refreshments, then even inside the rink, the conditions are quite comfortable… Plus, the Tampa Bay Lightning correctly supply a winning season… Our loft team up north never even makes the play-offs. Once we retire, my fiance and I are planning to move to Tampa.