"The thing I've always appreciated about hockey is that it is, in a sense, very venue driven," says Swangard. "There is a general correlation between having been to a game and your interest in the sport. Talk to NFL fans, you may find thousands upon thousands who have never seen a game live." Most NFL fans learn to love the game through television. Hockey has never been that lucky. Its fans grew to love it after seeing a game live: The speed and grace of the players, the nonstop action, the crashing into the boards are all elements no other sport can match. "You have to see a game to appreciate it, and once you do that, you're bitten by it," says Charles Jacobs, executive vice president of the Bruins and son of team owner Jeremy M. Jacobs. The trick is getting new fans to bite.
-- Boston Globe, On Thin Ice
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