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Originally Posted by jayswin
That's always been the case and it won't change. The issue isn't general ticket sales it's season tickets. Every NHL ownership group knows that adding 4 or so pre-season games at full price doesn't sway season ticket buyers so they just do it.
It's absolutely absurd but season ticket buyers want the season tickets and the cost is obviously spread over the whole 46 games they pay for so they don't notice it as much. These numbers will be way off, but the point remains - NHL teams have two options 1) don't include pre-season in season tickets and sell all seats or; 2) force season ticket holders into pre-season games and sell the rest
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It hasn't always been the case though. In 06/07 I went to an Oilers preseason game and there were maybe 2500 tops in attendance. Maybe 5 years later the building was 70% full for preseason. I feel like 10-15 years ago teams slipped preseason into the season ticket holder package and no one batted an eye.
I'm curious if this is the case for all NHL teams or just for the most part Canadian teams because the owners know the fans are fanatical/suckers?