Ticket Department voted as National Conference's best
June 17, 2008 - ECHL (ECHL)
Victoria Salmon Kings News Release
Victoria, BC - The Victoria Salmon Kings, proud affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose, are pleased to announce that the team's ticket department won the award as the National Conference's best for the 2007-08 season!
The honour was handed out at the annual ECHL Communication and Marketing Meetings in Las Vegas. The American Conference winner was the ticketing department from the Reading Royals.
The award is given annually to the ticketing department which displays the greatest increase in performance and sales, voted on by league general managers and ticketing managers.
The Salmon Kings' ticketing department is led by Ticket Sales Manager Devin Mazur. Joining Mazur are ticket sales executives Duncan Gardiner and Paul Phillips.
Victoria fans made it a banner season for the ticketing department by supporting the team in record numbers. The Salmon Kings led the West Division with a total attendance of 175,354, and an overall average of 4,871 fans through 36 regular season home games. The team set organizational highs in all attendance rankings in 2007-08.
The Salmon Kings were second in all of professional hockey in attendance increase this past season with a 14.7 percent jump over the previous year. The ticketing department also increased their group sales totals by 34 percent over the 2006-07 season.
Organizational highs were again achieved as fans came out in droves during the post season. The Salmon Kings drew a league-leading average of 5,851 fans in five Kelly Cup Playoff games at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.
The Salmon Kings start the season on the road in Phoenix on October 17th, and return to Victoria for the home opener on Friday, October 24th when the Stockton Thunder come to town.
Season tickets for the Salmon Kings 2008-09 season are on sale. Catch all the action by calling 250-220-7889, emailing seasontickets@salmonkings.com or by visiting www.salmonkings.com for more information.
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