The Nashville Predators are in the Stanley Cup final for the first time in franchise history and it's a huge deal.
Not only is the city extremely excited, but the cheapest Stanley Cup final tickets in Nashville are actually more expensive than the cheapest NBA Finals tickets in Golden State.
For those fans that aren't willing to spend the money to watch a game because, let's be honest, they are very quite expensive, there's an alternate similar to that of what occurred in Toronto during the playoffs.
As many have noticed, fans have been watching every Predators playoff game outside of Bridgestone Arena to support their team.
That said, Wednesday, team President and CEO Sean Henry revealed the insane number of people he estimates will watch Cup final games outside of the arena:
Now that you've had some time to digest that number, consider this, Bridgestone Arena's capacity is 20,000, so Henry estimates the crowd outside will be equal to or greater than the crowd inside the arena.
While you might think the 20-30k estimate is insane, it really isn't that farfetched when you consider people won't just be watching the game in the plaza outside of Bridgestone Arena.
Plus, there have already been record crowds watching outside of the arena, so there's no reason to think the number of people will decrease or stay the same now that Nashville is in the final.
Regardless of how many people show up, one thing is for sure, Smashville is going to be lit.
(H/T: Thomas Willis)
