Letters to The Province: Many causes for falling attendance at Whitecaps video games

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Re: The place artwork thou, Whitecaps followers? Can Sounders rivalry sport increase flagging attendance at B.C. Place?

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It’s an enormous query mark. As I can see it, there are a number of causes: mediocre play, not a lot publicity by the Whitecaps to the general public, and really poor media protection.

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After I moved to Vancouver from Montreal in mid-Seventies, I fell in love with the Whitecaps, watched many video games on the outdated Empire Stadium, purchased season tickets and loved the video games along with my mates and colleagues from work. The Whitecaps had been a powerhouse on the time. Once they moved to the chilly, concrete B.C. Place, it took some time to regulate to a brand new state of affairs. Nonetheless, I used to be teaching my younger son and daughter and we’d go the video games on occasion. In a while, I might deliver my grandsons to observe the video games dwell. Positive, there have been good and unhealthy instances.

Just lately, COVID was one cause, poor play was one other, and fixed modifications of crew didn’t assist. Then, the media. I’m 79 and too fragile bodily to go to the world. I want to watch video games on TV, however the place? Neither TSN nor SNET cowl the video games. Apple does, however neither I nor any of my mates have Apple on their TV. I can watch Montreal video games and plenty of American groups, however not our Whitecaps. My guess is that the Whitecaps house owners received more cash from Apple than from both Canadian broadcaster, and so they misplaced the assist of followers in Vancouver.

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Ian Sawoniak, former Whitecaps fan, Richmond 

Re. Canucks including VIP part between crew benches at Rogers Enviornment

So they may set up these superior seats in an important space in Rogers Enviornment and should you lease these you’ll be able to go to any occasion on the enviornment for 3 years. Wow solely $75, 000 for 3 years until you would like an aisle seat, which is just $85,000. What a joke. I’m fairly assured they are going to be vacant at each occasion, particularly the Canucks video games.

Tom Duncan, Chilliwack

Why are rates of interest so excessive?

I’m positive lots of people want to understand how elevating rates of interest advantages anybody however the banks. If unaffordable housing is such a priority, appears to me elevating rates of interest makes it even worse. In case you personal, you might be vulnerable to increased mortgage funds, so you might doubtlessly lose your house. If you wish to purchase, the upper rates of interest might preserve you out of the market. In case you lease, these elevated mortgage funds are going to extend rental charges. Thus far, costs on every little thing nonetheless preserve going up.

S. Krueger, Surrey

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