[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Jay Random

Yeah, but I didn't. I looked at the price, and said, ‘That's too much. I'll spend my money on something else.’

The Flames are a monopoly only if you are silly enough to think that the market they are competing in consists solely of professional hockey in Calgary. In point of fact, they're in the entertainment business, and as such, are competing with hundreds of other providers – most of which, by the way, are not local businesses. Most of the money I do spend on entertainment winds up going out of town, and the majority of it out of the country. Books, music, movies, games, travel – virtually all of it comes from places very far away from Calgary. And that's just to mention some of the things that I myself happen to buy, which barely scratches the surface of the options that are competing with CSE's products.

Sorry, I must have misread your original post. I thought you were suggesting you were a STH and, as a result, had paid for the ticket as part of your season tickets.