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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
I am sure the Flames will increase ticket prices to fund the arena, but the ``ticket tax`` is above and beyond that and would apply to all events in the Dome and at McMahon stadium.
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What he's saying is that the Flames will charge as much as they can for their seats regardless of a ticket tax or any other events being held. They will charge the max they believe people are willing to pay for each seat. So it's not like the a seat is going to be $135 + $20 ticket tax. The seats will cost $155, regardless of a ticket tax. It's just the flames taking a percentage of each ticket and paying it towards the financing of the arena.
The prices will be higher, but not because of a ticket tax. If the owners were paying for the whole arena up-front on their own, the tickets would still cost the same.
It's really the owners promising to tax themselves a certain percentage of future revenue to pay for that part of it.