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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I think that's exactly it. They want premium prices if you buy your ticket as a season ticket holder, through ticketmaster, or through walk up sales. However it's pretty damn easy to get much cheaper tickets through special promotions, third party retailers, and even scalpers who are selling below face in front of the dome for a game that only fills half the place. And for NLL lacrosse it isn't worth $30 more per head to sit in the club seats vs. second deck seats. Professional Lacrosse is periphery and a novelty act when it comes to the professional sports scene in North America. When Roughneck season/walk up tickets start costing the same as Stamps tickets with a similar number of games something's wrong with their price structure and that's why the Stamps get 30,000 a game and the Necks can't even draw 10,000 most nights. If they want my business they have to start acting like a business that want to fill the place.
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FWIW, the Roughnecks haven't had a regular season crowd below 10,000 in about four years, were 4th in the NLL in attendance this year, and have perennially been top five since entering the league.
9300 is actually more than I was expecting, so I am not at all unhappy with the crowd. Especially given the numerous other screwups Bannister has managed this year.