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The Price Of A Maple Leafs Home Game Ticket Is The Highest Amongst Any Team In The NHL. Scotiabank Arena Holds 18,900 Seats For Leafs Games With 15,500 Reserved For Season Ticket Holders. Because Of The Demand For Season Tickets Their Sale Is Limited To The 10,000 People On The Waiting List As Of March 2016 Leafs' Season Tickets Saw A Renewal Rate Of 99.5 Percent A Rate That Would Require More Than 250 Years To Clear The Existing Waiting List. In A 2014 Survey By ESPN The Magazine The Leafs Were Ranked Last Out Of The 122 Professional Teams In The Big Four Leagues Teams Were Graded By Stadium Experience Ownership Player Quality Ticket Affordability Championships Won And "bang For The Buck"; In Particular The Leafs Came Last In Ticket Affordability Fans At Maple Leafs Square During The Playoffs Fans Gather At Maple Leaf Square To Watch Game Two Between The Maple Leafs And The Boston Bruins During The 2013 NHL Playoffs Leafs Fans Have Been Noted For Their Loyalty To The Team In Spite Of Their Performance. In A Study Conducted By Sports Retailer Fanatics In March 2017 The Leafs And The Minnesota Wild Were The Only Two NHL Teams To Average Arena Sellouts With Average Win Percentages Below The League's Average. Conversely Fans Of Other Teams Harbour An Equally Passionate Dislike Of The Team In November 2002 The Leafs Were Named By Sports Illustrated Hockey Writer Michael Farber As The "Most Hated Team In Hockey" Despite Their Loyalty There Have Been Several Instances Where The Fanbase Voiced Their Displeasure With The Club During The 2011�12 Season Fans Attending The Games Chanted For The Dismissal Of Head Coach Ron Wilson And Later General Manager Brian Burke. Wilson Was Let Go Shortly After The Fans' Outburst Even Though He Had Been Given A Contract Extension Months Earlier Burke Alluded To The Chants Noting "it Would Be Cruel And Unusual Punishment To Let Ron Coach Another Game In The Air Canada Centre" In The 2014�15 Season Fans Threw Leafs Jerseys Onto The Ice To Show Their Disapproval Of The Team's Poor Performances In The Past Few Decades. Similarly During The Later Portion Of The 2015�16 Season Which Overlaps With The Start Of Major League Baseball's Regular Season Of Play Fans Were Heard Sarcastically Chanting "Let's Go Blue Jays!" As A Sign Of Their Shift In Priority From An Under-performing Team To The 2016 Blue Jays Season Many Leafs Fans Live Outside The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) And Throughout Ontario Including The Ottawa Valley The Niagara Region And Southwestern Ontario. As A Result Leafs� Road Games At The Canadian Tire Centre In Ottawa KeyBank Center In Buffalo And At The Little Caesars Arena In Detroit Host A More Neutral Attendance This Is Due In Part To The Leafs Fans In Those Areas Those Cities' Proximity To The GTA And The Relative Ease In Getting Tickets To Those Teams' Games The Leafs Are Also A Popular Team In Atlantic Canada In November 2016 A Survey Was Conducted That Found 20 Percent Of Respondents From Atlantic Canada Viewed The Leafs As Their Favourite Team Second Only To The Montreal Canadiens At 26 Percent The Leafs Were Found To Be The Most Favoured Team In Prince Edward Island With 24 Percent Of Respondents Favouring The Leafs; And The Second Favourite Team In Nova Scotia And Newfoundland And Labrador (19 And 24 Percent Respectively Both Trailing Respondents Who Favoured The Canadiens By One Percent) Rivalries