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Originally Posted by heep223
I completely disagree with the bolded above. Would you pay $200 to go watch the Flames vs. Coyotes on a Tuesday night? As a STH with decent seats, both in price and location, I can tell you it's extremely difficult to sell this game even below STH cost. There's always a price at which the market won't bear.
You do raise a good point though that in a monopoly, there's a distortion in the market and no doubt we see this distortion in ticket prices. Though I would also point out that while the Flames clearly have a monopoly on the pro hockey market - they compete with all other forms of entertainment in our city.
I will continue to believe in the theory that a ticket tax is a burden on the Flames, until someone can convince me otherwise  |
i mean obviously there are some limits, but we're talking about $10 per ticket, not $150. as long as prices are relatively the same, there's not going to be any less of a demand for ticket. Also as a STH myself, i can tell you it doesnt matter what kind of seats you have - nobody wants to see an 8pm tuesday phoenix game, no matter what you price it at