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Originally Posted by The Cobra
Because allowing people to buy these tickets for pennies on the dollar will virtually ensure that the more expensive seats would now go empty, as people oft for the much cheaper seats.
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Disagree. Many fans in Calgary simply refuse to sit in the press level because they have such a distaste for the crowd, distance from the ice up there and are more than willing to pay double if not more to do so. People that are already buying second level seats are not going to abandon these because there is a cheaper option available. They're in these seats already because they chose to be and this would be no different in Ottawa.
The privileged hockey fan tends to forget that it's a luxury to attend games and sit in decent seats. If the Sens are looking for increased demand in a struggling market you absolutely want to appeal to the fans that otherwise may not be able to afford to attend games with a selection of 'cheaper' seats.