Alert audience interest
In comparison to the last two CHL seasons, attendance is up — to 5,740 people per match on average. Dynamo Minsk is demonstrating the biggest progress: up almost 200 percent on last year. Meanwhile, Minsk-Arena set an absolute record on September 21st, gathering 15,531 spectators for the Dynamo Minsk v. Ak Bars match (Dynamo won in overtime — 5:4). The last achievement of the kind belonged to a match between SKA St. Petersburg and Dynamo Riga, held at St. Petersburg’s Ice Palace on January 24th, 2010, witnessed by 12,090 spectators.