Would you buy shares in the Flames (to help fund an arena)?

[Badgers Nose]

I love this idea. If I remember correctly, some premier League teams have done this. Real Madrid too I think.

[Vansmack]

A Personal Seat Licence or stadium builders licences the way to go, although it sucks for the long time season ticket holders to be forced to pony up for a licence once the stadium is built. This is what the 49ers did for their new stadium and a number of other pro sports stadiums. Interestingly, only two NHL teams have PSL, the Leafs and the Blue Jackets.

[Tacopuck]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

^ Could you not just buy the pocket dog plain, then go buy a cup of nacho cheese from the concession, and then do it yourself.

Sounds like a good test for a boring pre-season game.

Doubt it, its basically eaten the moment it reaches my hand, needs to be done in one shot.

[killer_carlson]

Originally Posted by YYC in LAX

Gimme a tile on the concourse for $1000. Preferably in from of Pocket Dawg

I would want mine to be nachos.

[BigT112]

I'd buy tickets to a lottery or something where the profits go towards the building, but I don't think I'd ever buy/want to buy shares in the team.

Community ownership/having share holders is a nightmare. A current, albeit smaller scale example are the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Awful situation with that team.

[Wormius]

Yeah, I would go for the tile/brick or whatever before considering shares. I keep missing out on those and regret not participating in those kinds of fundraising events in the past.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I wonder how much money they would make if they did sell "bricks".
it wasLeading up to the Olympics they did the same thing the Olympic Place down town (I think that is what it is called, it was used for medal ceremonies). My family bought one.

The Mets did that at Citi Field. You could get a 4" x 8" brick for $200 or a 8" x 8" for $400. They sold 18,000 of them.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by getbak

The Mets did that at Citi Field. You could get a 4" x 8" brick for $200 or a 8" x 8" for $400. They sold 18,000 of them.

18,000 at $400 is still only $7M

And that is a rounding error on this project

[H2SO4(aq)]

Originally Posted by getbak

The Mets did that at Citi Field. You could get a 4" x 8" brick for $200 or a 8" x 8" for $400. They sold 18,000 of them.

Lets pretend that we did the same and miraculously sold 18k, half being 200$ ones and half being the 400$ ones.

5 400 000$.

Great, just another 884.6million and were set!

[getbak]

Yup, selling bricks is more a fun thing to do for your fans than a real money raiser (I believe the Mets donated all profits from the sales to charity).

To make real money, you'd either have to sell a hell of a lot more, or raise the price considerably (but, the higher the price, the fewer you're likely to sell).

[BigFlameDog]

Nope. Just pay my ticket tax....happily. I am a long time game pack holder.

I am an out of towner, my donation money has and will go to local projects like our rinks and new pool area.