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Originally Posted by 4X4
If "going to the game" means stripping it down to just seats with no beer or nachos, just because the prices of everything from seats to snacks to parking are so much more than what I can do at home, why go? Whether I can afford it or not doesn't matter. The cost of the night out wont sink me, but why spend it like it doesn't matter to me when it actually does? Why go out on a weeknight and spend a bunch of cash when the home experience is just about as good, plus I can watch another game on recall, or pvr it and watch it after the child is sleeping, or simply turn it off if the Flames decide not to show up.
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So basically you have to weigh the costs and benefit of being able to attend live in person VS watching it from your couch. Which is what thousands of people do every single home game. And roughly 18-19k people choose that watching live hockey is awesome so they choose to purchase tickets for a price they can afford.
And while watching it from your house might be “twice as convenient” getting to watch hockey live is at least “10 times more awesome”.
It bothers me when people have this general attitude that it costs hundreds of dollars to attend a Flames game when really you can attend for a lot less then that and still have a great time.