Well,
season tickets in Abbotsford will range from $500 to $1,200, with premium club seats going for $1,500, so they better have something to draw the fans....[/url]
Seems the facility definitely
has some "drawbacks" for fans....like only 400 parking spaces! It's going to take all night to get people in and out of there!!!
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Which leads us to the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. The $66-million jewel in the heart of the Fraser Valley is a 7,000-seat state-of-the-art facility with amazing sight lines, sound and the amenities of much bigger buildings.
Well, other than parking and accessibility. There are only 400 spots on site and the rink is situated off a two-lane street.
Neither Sweeting nor the Flames have a contingency plan.
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I love, too, how they're going to "save" on flights alone. They're going to be paying for 80 road trips each year. I calculated an April trip from Chicago (major airport) to Vancouver (can't fly into Abbortsford from Chicago....) for 30 guys and it was a mere $15,000. And just about anywhere else in the division would be more expensive than that.
And they'll definitely save some $$ flying guys to Calgary. But what happens when the player has to meet the team anywhere but Calgary, Edmonton, or Vancouver? It'll take a day or two to get there!!
Hope those folks in Fraser Valley have some deep pockets! Or this 10-year deal will be lucky to last 2 years. Somebody isn't thinking things through....