I wouldn't expect more than 30,000K average at the ball park this year, and rightfully so.
If the Franchise is pretty much staying status quo to last year (Need a lot of things to go right to compete for a playoff spot), why should fans pay more to see the ball games. TV numbers will decline as well. Both Raptors and Leafs could have deep playoff runs, and play playoff games on opposing nights.
2015 and 2016 were unique years in that the Leafs were not that great. Now we are facing a situation where the most loved team in the City, has an elite player and a number of other stars. Matthews, Marner, and Company will be the talk of the town for the next few years. The NBA team might be the best team in its conference.
This could be the correct strategy on baseball terms, I think we can all agree that this was the best strategy baseball wise, but was raising prices in what is likely going to be a down year a good business strategy? I think the business side of things could be way off here,