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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
The Flames haven’t given discounts to season ticket holders in basically their history. They’ve increased ticket prices every year for as long as I can remember.
The Knights, perpetual sold out building, first place team, huge excitement, make the playoffs in their inaugural season, and then give their fans discounts on playoff tickets?
The Flames playoff tickets to my family’s season ticket prices were like a 60% increase or something crazy like that.
Lol.
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That's not even remotely true.
Yes, the Flames charged more for playoff tickets than they did regular season, but they gave season ticket holders a huge discount compared to people buying through ticketmaster. The article isn't saying that Vegas is discounting the playoff tickets from the price paid during the regular season.
In the 2014-15 season a pair of tickets in the regular season in the green section was about $84. In the first round against Vancouver those tickets cost $118 for a STH, which is 40% higher than the regular season. To buy those tickets on ticketmaster it cost $260. So the Flames gave me a discount of 55% of what the general public paid. In round two the STH cost went to $138 for a pair of seats in the green. I don't have the public cost, but I would guess it was over $300.
During the regular season I pay about $90 for a pair of tickets to each game in the green section. The general public pays between $147.85 and $197.85 for the same pair of tickets, depending on the day of week and opponent. So, yes, the Flames are giving me a discount to buy all 41 games and the preseason.