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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Sport Chek rarely sold the entire section when the Flames sucked in the early 2000s. I doubt they are paying a huge price for those seats. Hell, it is probably a case where Sport Chek only pays for the tickets they do sell. That is probably also why the Flames will sell seats from those sections themselves as well.
As far as last minute tickets go, the league mandates that teams hold back a certain number of seats for the visiting team, league officials, etc. Most of those get released at the last minute. Even at the peak of ticket demand, if you were willing to pay, you could find these seats appearing on Ticketmaster on the day of game.
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Sport Chek likely had to pay a lot less for the deal in the early 2000s. And if Sport Chek only pays for the tickets they do sell then the Flames have to be fudging the attendance numbers because there are tons of empty seats up there for weekday games. It's one or the other.
The Flames never sent emails out the day of the game before the last couple years and not nearly at the same frequency as this year. They are sent almost every single game now. In fact, the only ones are I can remember not getting one for in months are Winnipeg and San Jose (for obvious reasons). So clearly it's related to walk-up ticket sales lacking if the email isn't sent for games that are obvious sell-outs.