When I was a kid I could get tickets to Jets games for 12 bucks from 7-11. Cheap seats?
Sure. But I could afford to go and often did with my whole family. Like, we all went. My parents and brother.
We'd park near the arena and probably spend, MAYBE 15 bucks between the 4 of us for concession. So my family would have a hockey game out for 65 bucks. The cheapest seat I see for the Flames is 36 bucks at the door, and that's the garbage of the garbage seats up in the press level. To take my family now (if my daughter was here and older we'll pretend) I'd have to spend $174 dollars for cheap seats and SOME concession treats for my kids, and maybe a pop for me and my wife.
That's unrealistic. I'll happily do it when the Jets are in town once or twice a year, but my kids simply won't grow up Flames fans or maybe even be as passionate as I was. Going to games live was/is special. It's a real treat to see it in person. Families have been priced out and owners are too dumb and greedy to otherwise give a ####.
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