Why are we willing to spend more on sports?

[GirlySports]

you guys have no idea how much I spend on clothes compared to 1996

no contest

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by polak

Yeah I remember begging my parents for a hockey jersey when I was a kid and you literally couldn't find them any where and then when they did find one, it was an Oilers jersey. Being a FOB polish kid whose parent knew nothing about hockey I didn't think anything of it (this was also the late 90's so the Flames weren't a big deal). Even the kids at school liked it simply cause it was a jersey.

Don't think that would happen today.

You just glossed over some of the darkest days of this organization......horrible terrible days.....you don't have any idea.....

[polak]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

You just glossed over some of the darkest days of this organization......horrible terrible days.....you don't have any idea.....

I don't even want to imagine.

[GirlySports]

flames wise 2004 changed everything. But really sports are just a small fraction or the population. Maybe 10% if I'm being generous.

The price of fashion and beauty over the last 20 has increased insanely. Sephora couldn't exist at this scale 20 years ago.

[Schraderbrau]

Originally Posted by polak

Good ol' times? Sounds worse.

Our generation lives more for memories and the "now" then saving for the future or well being of their kids. I think I have maybe one or two friends that might currently want kids and even with them I'm not 100% sure. We care more about ourselves and getting the most out of our lives so we push off stuff like that.

Is that bad thing?

I do agree that it’s hard to put a price on memories. I was one of the lucky people who won tickets to the Olympics in Vancouver for one of the semi final games. Rather than go I sold the tickets, made a lot of money but it ended up being the game Canada beat Russia at. It sure would have been awesome to have been there, looking back now I do regret selling them.

On the flip side I paid a bunch of money in 2012 to go to the Stanley cup final in LA (game 4) and I would not have changed that for anything, amazing memories. If I would have been there to see LA win the cup that would have ranked up there with the days my kids were born. But thanks to Henrique busting down the wing and ripping that goal past Quick it wasn’t meant to be...

[troutman]

Friend of a friend sold his superbowl ticket (bad seat too) for $7000.

Mayweather vs. Pacquiao Tickets No Cheaper Than $4.5K, High as $180K on StubHub

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...80k-on-stubhub

[Schraderbrau]

Does the 180K ticket include a time machine to travel back to 2005 to watch these guys fight when it would have meant something?

[Dion]

Player salaries play a large part in what owners charge for tickets. Back in the 80's you were lucky to find a player making over a Million a season. Tickets were affordable when compared to todays prices.

[CaptainCraig]

Money is more "accessible" thru Credit Cards etc than in the 80's?

[CroFlames]

I think we are inundated by the information age, therefore the hype of sports is ramped up. We have access to the Flames 24/7 whereas before it was just the newspaper and the 11:00pm highlights.

[Zarley]

Originally Posted by Dion

Player salaries play a large part in what owners charge for tickets. Back in the 80's you were lucky to find a player making over a Million a season. Tickets were affordable when compared to todays prices.

What section is WW1 now? I'm assuming lower bowl?

[Sylvanfan]

My dad paid a scalper $35 to go to game 7 of the Campbell Conference Finals in 1986. Today I suspect you would be lucky to see a game like that for 10 times that.

[FireGilbert]

Hockey is more popular now than ever. There used to be infrequent games on TV and going to a game actually involved lining up at a ticket booth. Now every game is on air and the sport is constantly marketed and discussed on various forms of media. You can also join a pool, tweet a player, or buy tickets and merchandise on a whim.

I would gladly play those prices for playoff hockey though. In Brisbane there is one charity game a year featuring mostly AHL and ECHL players and the tickets range from $80 to $160. Supply and demand I guess.

[Flamenspiel]

nm

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Zarley

What section is WW1 now? I'm assuming lower bowl?

Upper bowl section 223

[expatflame]

The last Flames game I watched (live) was in the 80s. I would gladly pay $200-300 for a playoff ticket right now. If I lived there, I'm sure it would be different though.

Coincidently, I was actually just having this conversation last night with a friend. It's weird as not every country has caught on to inflated prices for drinks and games. Beer at a live World Cup Rugby or Cricket game is only a very reasonable $2-3 and tickets are less than $10.

[polak]

Originally Posted by expatflame

The last Flames game I watched (live) was in the 80s. I would gladly pay $200-300 for a playoff ticket right now. If I lived there, I'm sure it would be different though.

Coincidently, I was actually just having this conversation last night with a friend. It's weird as not every country has caught on to inflated prices for drinks and games. Beer at a live World Cup Rugby or Cricket game is only a very reasonable $2-3 and tickets are less than $10.

GDP Per Capita for the countries competing might have something to do with that.

Is it cheap in England or Australia?

[chalms04]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

My dad paid a scalper $35 to go to game 7 of the Campbell Conference Finals in 1986. Today I suspect you would be lucky to see a game like that for 10 times that.

That's what I dropped for game 6.