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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I'd be curious to get an example of what you mean by this. I've had my tickets for about 12-13 years, which I would guess is on the lower end for seniority. But the perks are minimal imo. Maybe you have better seats (mine are only greens) and that is why you get actual perks?
I can't imagine calling another nhl team about tickets (I've always just bought online...) but maybe if you are buying g a suite or club or something that makes sense?
**I just remembered one perk I do like - the family skate every year at christmas. My kids enjoy having a hot dog and going for a skate at the dome. Maybe that's worth $50-100/year or so?
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So I have bad news and bad news. The “perks” (lol) are definitely not worth it because you could buy equivalent (better?) market value seats for probably less than whatever you’re doing as a season ticket holder (that’s the main, fundamental problem the Flames haven’t figured out yet which is weird because their package ticket prices and stubhub suggest otherwise but okay). Season tickets also assume today that owning 41 home season games isn’t the horrendous burden that it is. Specifically- selling games that you can’t make (41 games a season?!?!? Are you ####ing kidding me Flames? You’re also competing against Netflix and comfort couches don’t forget) is almost impossible.
So, Flames ticket holders, out of basically pure loyalty, are being asked to pay on average above market value prices for season long commitments (already at this point this sentence makes no sense from a pure ‘deal’ perspective). and if you can’t in your busy life subscribe at minimum 12% of your annual evenings to Murray Edwards’ and friends floating around extravaganza, you are stuck with (high) sunk costs of season tickets while on the back end they sell multigame packages?
The model is broken. Salary caps rise, players make more money, ticket prices rise, but the value just isn’t there. It’s time fans start to think about the value proposition. Hey. Man. Or woman. You are being ripped off. And if you want to go pay grown men float around- knock yourself out. I’m happy to watch in my house (for free) go to a pub (for free) or be given tickets through work. But, basically, not a ####ing chance I buy tickets to watch these guys listlessly not give a ####. How is it worth any of your time? Crazy to me. And to now get more generous... maybe not worth it to me for 41 locked in games... but every once in awhile? Okay.
How do the Flames look themselves in the mirror with firm commitments of 41 games from season ticket holders and then do absolutely sweet F all for them over 20 years? Honestly borderline white collar crime. The season ticket holders in this city- all of them- are ducking SAINTS, and this entire city owes them a HUGE amount of gratitude for the BS they have put up with over the last 30 years. Any season ticket holder over the last 30 years basically deserves a free season of season tickets next year and what will the Flames do? They’ll offer 1 free hot dog voucher that expires Oct 31 and you have to be a season ticket holder of 20 years to redeem.
The Flames should be astronomically ashamed of how they have treated Flames season ticket holders in this city. The Flames may as well ask them to show up to a meeting and systematically spit in all of their faces. It’s a joke. Plain and simple. It’s insulting. Raise the prices again! Yay! What fun.