Compared to this time last season, the Stars have sold about 80,000 more tickets when figured on a one fan per game basis, according to Stars president Jim Lites.
Spread out over 42 home games, that comes out to 1,904 seats per game.
Now, that doesn’t mean the team will see its average attendance soar to 2,000 above the 17,350 it averaged last season _ the place only holds 18,532 _ or that they will sell out 100 percent this season. But it does mean the demand for tickets is noticeably increased and the popularity of the team could be on the cusp of something fairly big.