I don't know much about the minor/major-junior history of the PNW, but I'm not surprised to hear that given what we saw last night.
I see the capacity is 10,366. The Panthers and Coyotes typically "report" attendance around 13,000 - with real attendance likely below 9000.
Kraken tickets for the preseason in these little arenas (also playing in Kent and Everett) are going for $95-150. I can get a ticket on Seatgeek for a reg season game for under $10 right now
I agree none of this is shocking stuff, but how nice to see the league finally stop trying to force a square peg in a round hole, and putting a team in a place to succeed.
With these kinds of ticket prices, and what I presume will be year-long sellouts, I think that bodes very well for league revenues rebounding and the cap going up sooner than later.