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Originally Posted by troutman
Sticky ticket frenzy
The hard part of NHL return will be the cost to fans
http://www.winnipegsun.com/sports/co.../18014986.html
I contacted 25, or about one-third, of the current luxury suite holders at MTS Centre, asking if they’d renew at NHL prices, believed to be triple the current rate.
No less than 17 of the 25 executives I reached said they’d renew at the higher cost. Three more said they’d stay involved, but have to reduce their investment by sharing the load more. Three more said they weren’t sure.
Just two of the 25 said they’d have to bail.
The bad news, ticket prices will likely be higher than we’ve been reporting, based on prices in Edmonton and Calgary, the most comparable markets.
Fans in Edmonton and Calgary have to be paying $100/game, on average.
I’m not saying tickets in Winnipeg would be as high.
But I can’t see the average being less than $75.
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Do we really though? As far as I'm concerned the average is inconsequential.
Almost the entire 2nd deck is at or under less than $100 per game in Calgary. STH's pay about $80 or so for whites, $60 for Orange and $40 for Greens.
Face value is about 100, 70 and 55 for those three areas respectively. Now the lower bowl might offset the prices because people are paying upwards of $200/ticket but realistically the average doesn't affect the average fan like me.
I can sit in the lower bowl for one game for the price of 1/6 of my entire season ticket package in the greens.