At night, Air Canada Center, all 19,800 seats are filled.
Last season, with the arrival of Vince Carter, the Raptors' attendance ranking rose by 6 places.
So far this season, Raptors' attendance has climbed another rank, reaching ninth in the league, entering the top ten.
All this credit goes to one person, Vince Carter, there's no doubt about that.
As a rookie who has only entered the league for 5 seasons, the Raptors have basically no foundation in Toronto.
The last time they had a professional basketball team dates back to the distant 1949, the Toronto Huskies at the founding of the NBA.
The Huskies only existed for a year before closing due to poor management, until 1993 when they, along with fellow Canadian Vancouver Grizzlies, rejoined the NBA in its expansion plan.
This time, the franchise fee for the Raptors to join the NBA was 140 million US Dollar; basketball has become a commercial game dominated by big capital.
