[GullFoss]

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Originally Posted by the athletic

“To be perfectly honest, I almost think that the season-ticket model is broken. The resale market is so easy, even for old people like me, to access that I can buy tickets quickly and safely. And even if the Canucks became a super popular ticket again, like I had to pay double the face, how many games do I really want to go to? Five? Ten? Plus the playoffs? I'd still come out ahead.”

Originally Posted by the athletic

In fact, at Showtime Tickets in Vancouver, CEO Mario Livich claims that over 90 per cent of Canucks tickets are now being sold for less than face value. “Bottom line is the Canucks are charging too much for the seats,” Livich told me. ”

“It's a delicate balancing act for them,” he said. “The Canucks are asking for higher than market prices. That's why there are empty seats. So how can they adjust the prices? That's the big question. Because they don't want to upset the season-ticket holder who pays X dollars. If they start selling tickets beside the season-ticket holder for less than X, they're going to get some backlash.”

Originally Posted by the athletic

Now, obviously, pro sports has changed a lot since I first started going to games in the '80s. For that matter, so has Vancouver. But I distinctly remember the cheapest ticket being around $10 while the most expensive was about $20. In today's dollars, that's $21.46 and $42.93, respectively.

Looking ahead to the upcoming Devils game, the cheapest seat is $41.75 and the most expensive is $164.75. And that's to watch New Jersey. For the higher profile teams, the prices are even higher.