R3 - Series Thread - Jets (C2) vs Golden Knights (P1) Vegas Wins 4-1

[Magnum PEI]

Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan

I was surprised to see Game 2 wasn’t a sellout. Ticket prices must have been crazy, maybe some fans would rather party in the street with other fans and save their cash.

Game summary says it was a sell out:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreport...8/GS030322.HTM

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I expect as much, but are the flood of Vegas betters any less arbitrarily biased as those proclaiming the Jets to be the "realistic favourites" in this series? A series which shifts back to Las Vegas with the teams tied?

No it is 50/50 in my mind.

But we shouldn’t expect a Jets fans to be super realistic in evaluating his team’s chances.

I’d be saving my money for the Finals too, but I probably wouldn’t proclaim my team to be the obvious favorite. It is all very close at this point.

[Yamer]

For me, there is only 1 team in the final 4 that I don't want to see win: Tampa Bay.

Winnipeg, Vegas, or Washington winning are all great stories.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Magnum PEI

Game summary says it was a sell out:
http://www.nhl.com/scores/htmlreport...8/GS030322.HTM

Every team will report that if it's only a couple hundred short, but there was lots of empty seats in the lower corners for the whole game.

[jayswin]

Calgary was the same way against Anaheim in 2015. Flames went for the jugular with $450+ fees tickets in the lower bowel, which resulted in a couple hundred non sales.

They even put Flames staff in the empty rows (upper 104/105, I believe) who danced around and waved Flames flags for the opening and then left.

[timbit]

No Ehlers tonight.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Every team will report that if it's only a couple hundred short, but there was lots of empty seats in the lower corners for the whole game.

They have to set aside a certain percentage of tickets for use by the league and players. If any of those tickets go unclaimed, they can be released for sale. They don't always sell out because of the short notice, but they get counted as sold for the attendance numbers.

Originally Posted by jayswin

Flames went for the jugular with $450+ fees tickets in the lower bowel

Sounds like a real pain in the ass.

[White Out 403]

This is absolutely cringe worthy,

[Cecil Terwilliger]

This is both amazing and embarrassing all at once.

[Scroopy Noopers]

This is the stupidest opening I’ve ever seen.

[Looch City]

Holy #### I've never watched one these Vegas opening shows. It's always like this??

[Looch City]

Hahaha sliced the Jet in half

[White Out 403]

oh jesus christ. make this stop.

[Yamer]

Damn, this is glorious.

[White Out 403]

This is on par with the Ottawa Senators.

[bigtmac19]

This is awesome!!!

[The Familia]

That was awesome! The Flames could learn a thing or two about in-game entertainment. Was it cheesy as hell? You bet. Was it better than anything seen on Saddledome ice in over a decade? Absolutely!

[calgarygeologist]

I want to see Vegas go to the cup final now to see what sort of theatrics they put together for the Stanley Cup.

[rage2]

Originally Posted by Iggy City

Holy #### I've never watched one these Vegas opening shows. It's always like this??

Yup. So cheesy in person but yet so amazing. Every single home game even during regular season. Totally gets the entire place amped up.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Aww that was nice of him to let the jets fans do their true north thing.