(A) I share seasons tickets
(B) I sit in the bleeds
(C) I have been to GM Place and MSG
I go to hockey games to watch hockey. Is it a pain to leave after a game? Sure. But that 5 mins of walking down the stairs hardly justifies the taxpayers footing the bill so I, a person from a relative point of privilege, doesn't have to spend 5 extra minutes leaving a building.
Bathrooms are solved by the simple commercial break trick. First stoppage of play that isn't icing with 14, 10 or 6 minutes to go is a commercial break. Be ready and you should be able to make it back before the puck drops.
When I'm at a game I've never though "if only I could pay more money my experience would be better". I'm usually thinking about how strong the team has come out, or why they're so flat, or when a certain player is finally going to score again, or what a great game so and so is having, etc. Although to be honest sometimes I wish they'd replace the railings with plexi but that hardly justifies a new arena...
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