Scantrons have helped I see. It was lined up at 8AM this morning for the doors to open.
Just saying we have a great city that cares about itself. It makes me feel better either way to know so many care enough to take time to vote.
I don't see how the scantrons would make the voting part go any quicker. Usually you fold your vote and stuff it in a box. Now you fold your vote and stuff it in a machine. But counting will be quick.
As of this post, CP's poll is at 57.17% / 42.83% in favour of yes. So will be interesting to see how it aligns with the actual results. I would guess that since CP is a sporting community, the numbers are fairly inflated in comparison to the election results.
Wonder if it'll be tight in numbers, or a decent range between yes and no votes.
In the mythbuster graphic the BidCo put out over the weekend, it says that 70% of tickets will be below $150 and 20% will be under $40.
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Right, but that $230 average (not $250) is directly from the BidCo, so it's about as much of a myth as the Oilers being good. Not that it's going to shock anyone, but hockey and figure skating and the other top events will likely be north of $500 a ticket.
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The provincial govt never clarified what it considers to be a majority should the yes side win. Is 52-53% good enough to proceed with the funding or does the percentage have to be bigger?
Right, but that $230 average (not $250) is directly from the BidCo, so it's about as much of a myth as the Oilers being good. Not that it's going to shock anyone, but hockey and figure skating and the other top events will likely be north of $500 a ticket.
It's not necessarily a myth, they get to balance out the expensive ticket games like Canada/USA with bargain ticket price games like Norway/Slovenia to keep the average down.
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Best case scenario for everyone to win is the no side comes out on top, the city says they are not bidding and the IOC steps up with a much larger chunk of cash.
Best case scenario would be if all bid cities dropped out leaving the IOC with nothing, nada zero.
Right, but that $230 average (not $250) is directly from the BidCo, so it's about as much of a myth as the Oilers being good. Not that it's going to shock anyone, but hockey and figure skating and the other top events will likely be north of $500 a ticket.
Oh yeah, I'm not arguing that the average ticket price will be high, but there will be "affordable" tickets available.
You can't even get into a regular season Flames game for less than $40 anymore (excluding people dumping the season tickets at a discount). I shudder to imagine what Flames tickets will cost in 7 years (especially if they build that inverted bowl idea -- which is basically designed to make sure there are no more "cheap seats" in the arena).
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Oh yeah, I'm not arguing that the average ticket price will be high, but there will be "affordable" tickets available.
You can't even get into a regular season Flames game for less than $40 anymore (excluding people dumping the season tickets at a discount). I shudder to imagine what Flames tickets will cost in 7 years (especially if they build that inverted bowl idea -- which is basically designed to make sure there are no more "cheap seats" in the arena).
Back in 1988 I used to trade Olympic pins for hockey tickets to the preliminary rounds. The medal rounds were a different matter.
Oh yeah, I'm not arguing that the average ticket price will be high, but there will be "affordable" tickets available.
You can't even get into a regular season Flames game for less than $40 anymore (excluding people dumping the season tickets at a discount). I shudder to imagine what Flames tickets will cost in 7 years (especially if they build that inverted bowl idea -- which is basically designed to make sure there are no more "cheap seats" in the arena).
Oh no doubt there will be affordable tickets, but those will be to events where there likely isn't a true capacity or assigned seats (and, you know, events people aren't anywhere near as interested in as hockey). But I already said if they intend on charging big, and can get it, then great. I just think a lot of that $230 average hinges on NHL involvement. Next CBA will tell the tale there obviously.
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