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Originally Posted by The Familia
$9000 for two seats.....wow. This obviously wouldn't include parking and food/drinks (above what might be offered as freebies for being a ticket holder). All in, I would imagine a full season would come out to around $10,000 or more for those particular seats.
Let me see, go on a beautiful vacation to an exotic location in Europe or sit in a dump and watch entitled millionaires chase a rubber disk with little passion or care. Choice seems obvious to me.
Hats off to those individuals who have had enough of this price gouging and are dropping their tickets. As long as people continue to pay these ridiculous prices (and getting little in return) nothing will change. I don't blame the owners for upping prices if people continue to pay. The problem with pro sports is not the owners and players (I mean who would turn down money), it's the fans who continue to buy into this. You see how fast tickets prices, athlete salaries, and owner profit would drop if everyone just stopped watching or attending. Alas, I am living in a dream world.
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Why not both? I'm going to Europe for a month next year and spend $9000 on tickets.
Not sure about anyone else, but I do not go to all 41 games, and have family and friends who help offset the costs for me as they typically buy half my games at cost from me at the start of the season. I typically go to 8-10 games a year, then sell the big games (Oilers, Leafs, Canadians, Bruins, possibly Ducks with Bedard next year).
So my all in cost is well below $10,000 you figure by the end of the season.