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Originally Posted by GirlySports
So how does this affect ticket exchanges? Say at 3pm I want to buy two tickets on Stubhub to go to tonight's game? Would that work? Would I have to already be in the Flames system? In the past, I just buy, print and go.
I would have to buy tickets 48 hours in advance? How would the arena know who's walking into the arena? Can they screen 20,000 people before puck drop?
I do like it. I think in the end, having vaccine-proof will be like having insurance to drive a car, but the logistics are really tricky.
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They haven't announced the details of how it will be done yet.
Even though they announced the start date as September 15, it looks like the first scheduled event at either the Saddledome or McMahon is the Flames' first preseason game on September 26. They have until then to figure something out.
The screening will almost-certainly need to be done on-site at the time of entrance to confirm the person using the ticket is the person claiming to be vaccinated. As long as you've had your second shot on or before September 12, you should be good to go and you should be able to get a ticket on game day.
I suspect it will be one more step in the admission process -- Vaccination status screening --> Ticket scan --> Security scan. As you pass each one, you get to move onto the next. If you pass all three, you get to enter the building. If done well, it shouldn't significantly add to the time it takes to enter a game.
It would make logical sense for the Flames, Stamps, Oilers, and Elks to all come up with a coordinated system that they could all use --- or preferrably the provincial government could come up with a single province-wide standard that any business could use.