Something that came up in one of the ticket threads is how much higher prices seem to be from 2004. Someone brought up a good point that the technologies that exist now make it a lot easier for the Flames to know exactly how much the market will bear for prices.
The "secondary market" used to be a shadowy world of greasy guys standing by the C-Train platform with handfuls of tickets and it was difficult to know how much they actually sold each ticket for. Now, with sites like StubHub and Ticketmaster's own resale site, teams can get a good gauge of what people are willing to pay and set their prices closer to the high-end.
Another big factor is the "premium" seating options that exist now that really didn't 30+ years ago. In the older buildings, the only price difference was in how close to the ice the seats were and how close to centre they were. I believe the Habs have more than 20 different price levels at the Bell Centre now.
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