I think the average value of the 4000 "missing" seats being tossed around is ridiculous. At best those 4000 seats end up being the equivalent of green seats. So $60 dollars face or 45 season ticket holder.
There is also no way the average ticket price in the saddledome is $260 when the Avision Young Club seats go for 260 for non-premium games. So all of those numbers are out of whack.
The Jets are potentially missing out on about 11 million in seat revenue relative to the flames for those seats. Now the lack of corporate boxes definately cost the team money provided they could sell them.
Also as the dollar drops so does the cap as something like 1/2 of the leagues ticket sales are in Canadian dollars and the Rogers Deal is in Canadian dollars. So as the dollar suffers so does the cap. If half of the leagues revenues are in Canadian dollars and half of revenue is Salary than the weakness in the dollar will be linked directly to the Salary Cap. So in otherwords not a big deal to Canadian teams.
Having a few single seats available when Season ticket holders signed 5 year deals just to get tickets is not an issue. At the end of season 5 there season ticket holder renewal numbers will be crucial. Up until then, nothing to worry about.
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