Winnipeg Jets ownership sounds the alarm on attendance: ‘Not going to work over the long haul’
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Behind a large desk in an office tower with a view out over True North Square, Mark Chipman is working the phones.Chipman is chairman of the Winnipeg Jets. A local businessman who got caught up in the failed movement to save his city’s NHL team three decades ago, he later fixed his gaze on bringing big-league hockey back to one of the smallest markets in North American professional sports and defied the odds by actually making it happen.On this day, he’s still fighting to ensure the Jets work in Winnipeg by taking on a cumbersome task: making…
