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Tyler · 05-05-2015, 09:32 PM

The problem is you don't have enough money

jayswin · 05-05-2015, 09:36 PM

Ha, I love you Tyler.

dino7c · 05-05-2015, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyler

The problem is you don't have enough money

all most people in this city have is a pile of debt

I have plenty of money but $1000 to take my kid to a hockey game is irresponsible...we will take a vacation and watch it on TV thanks

Jacks · 05-05-2015, 10:56 PM

Ya I looked on Ticketmaster yesterday and was surprised to see club seats still available. Then I saw that they were $635 each for seats behind the net. You can go to Mexico for a week's vacation for the same money.

Serapth · 05-05-2015, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacks

Ya I looked on Ticketmaster yesterday and was surprised to see club seats still available. Then I saw that they were $635 each for seats behind the net. You can go to Mexico for a week's vacation for the same money.

Hola Senior Jacks, welcome to your one star resort; please pay no mind the the cockroach glaring angrily in your direction.

StrykerSteve · 05-05-2015, 11:07 PM

Whatever you paid for tickets to that game tonight... you got a deal. What a ride.

BigNumbers · 05-05-2015, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Serapth

Hola Senior Jacks, welcome to your one star resort; please pay no mind the the cockroach glaring angrily in your direction.

Gold! I was about to post - the folks who do put down $600+ per ticket for a game are not the same folks who go to Mexico on $600 all inclusive specials to 2 Mexican star (-3 star Cdn) 'resorts'....

stone hands · 05-05-2015, 11:28 PM

I had to sell my seats for tonight to cover some costs

Hot_Flatus · 05-05-2015, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire

How much money are we thinking the Flames are clearing per playoff game? $4-$5 million? Could be useful for when they build their new arena.

Yeah, if they're paying for it. Otherwise they may want to sign that cheque directly over to the AB taxpayers.

IamNotKenKing · 05-05-2015, 11:45 PM

Attendance was 19,289.

terminator · 05-05-2015, 11:45 PM

Where the ndp supporters now? This is anti socialist

Bob · 05-06-2015, 12:08 AM

I checked my order history and I paid roughly the same (maybe add a bit for round 2) for tonight's game as I did for the Sharks and Hawks in 2008/2009 (all through Ticketmaster). A bit pricey, but a good experience and always fun in the playoffs.

The resale market is already nuts for game 4 though. Easily 2-3x what face value is. I'm hoping to go to that as well but after this dramatic win I doubt I'll be able to afford it.

davidbjordan · 05-06-2015, 12:13 AM

They have to pay for the year used on Bennett's contract, to have him tie it tonight (yes he tied it) makes it a bargain

Fire · 05-06-2015, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus

Yeah, if they're paying for it. Otherwise they may want to sign that cheque directly over to the AB taxpayers.

No chance of provincial help with the NDP in power. Any help would have to come from the city.

Just_Jehn · 05-06-2015, 12:15 AM

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This made me laugh out loud.

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Daradon · 05-06-2015, 12:22 AM

As has been sorta mentioned, season ticket holder prices are far more reasonable than game day sales. Anyone here with ST's that can lend some info to the discussion?

Considering season tickets were not sold out this year, that means there were more seats available that were sold at this premium pricing. Considering a perfect storm like this only happens one in a blue moon, and we haven't sold out in many years, not to mention have had no playoff revenue, I can't be too upset.

Hopefully this eases the new arena along a little.

Flashpoint · 05-06-2015, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by flameswin

Thought I'd make a separate thread for this, as I haven't seen all playoff ticket prices, but the prices in Calgary are insane this year.

I'm not the typical "Prices should be cheap, what are they doing!!!" fan that doesn't understand they're a business and just trying to maximize playoff revenue. But this is just embarrassing by the Flames organization, imo.

Don't set yourself up for hundreds of unsold seats in a Canadian hockey market with Stanley Cup Final pricing. We can say it's because of the 0-2 start and the Ducks domination all we want, but at the end of the day, there's likely 40-50k fans willing to pay good money to be in the Dome for game 3, and you guys priced most of your fans out of a friggin playoff game in round 2.

I get it, the scalpers buy all the tickets, so they analyzed the secondary market and decided to basically price-match the scalpers, but how annoying is this? A playoff game in round two in a Canadian city, and we'll be looking at about 18600 fans in a 19289 seat stadium.

Perhaps that was a tad overdramatic, I understand and support what they were doing here, so again, I don't want to be labelled as guy who doesn't get what they're doing, I guess I'm just pissed at their execution and the embarrassment of now seeing what looks like it will be entire rows of empty seats throughout the Dome in what is supposed to be the best playoff atmosphere in the league.

Since the majority of CP users make 6 figures, it wasn't really a problem.

If you were at this game, it was worth every penny, no matter the cost. Cudos for you!

JetsFlamesFan · 05-06-2015, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by flameswin

Thought I'd make a separate thread for this, as I haven't seen all playoff ticket prices, but the prices in Calgary are insane this year.

I'm not the typical "Prices should be cheap, what are they doing!!!" fan that doesn't understand they're a business and just trying to maximize playoff revenue. But this is just embarrassing by the Flames organization, imo.

Don't set yourself up for hundreds of unsold seats in a Canadian hockey market with Stanley Cup Final pricing. We can say it's because of the 0-2 start and the Ducks domination all we want, but at the end of the day, there's likely 40-50k fans willing to pay good money to be in the Dome for game 3, and you guys priced most of your fans out of a friggin playoff game in round 2.

I get it, the scalpers buy all the tickets, so they analyzed the secondary market and decided to basically price-match the scalpers, but how annoying is this? A playoff game in round two in a Canadian city, and we'll be looking at about 18600 fans in a 19289 seat stadium.

Perhaps that was a tad overdramatic, I understand and support what they were doing here, so again, I don't want to be labelled as guy who doesn't get what they're doing, I guess I'm just pissed at their execution and the embarrassment of now seeing what looks like it will be entire rows of empty seats throughout the Dome in what is supposed to be the best playoff atmosphere in the league.

Fly to Anaheim, pay for a hotel, go to Disneyland, rent a sea-doo at Long Beach and it's still gonna be cheaper

heep223 · 05-06-2015, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by IamNotKenKing

Attendance was 19,289.

Weird. There were 6 seats right beside us that were empty all game. Mid 2nd bowl.

heep223 · 05-06-2015, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Daradon

As has been sorta mentioned, season ticket holder prices are far more reasonable than game day sales. Anyone here with ST's that can lend some info to the discussion?

Considering season tickets were not sold out this year, that means there were more seats available that were sold at this premium pricing. Considering a perfect storm like this only happens one in a blue moon, and we haven't sold out in many years, not to mention have had no playoff revenue, I can't be too upset.

Hopefully this eases the new arena along a little.

Season tickets cost around 50% of face value. A bit less.