[PGT] the game is over

[VilleN]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

Whatever soothes your jangled nerves after the game I guess

Ps no matter how hard you try you're still a Western Canadian Prairie City

Not really sure you can call Calgary a 'Prairie city'... it's at the base of the rockies - it is not similar to cities like Saskatoon (which the moniker 'Paris of the Prairies' comes from), Regina, or Winnipeg. Winnipeg is a hole, with very few redeeming qualities.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by DigitalCarpenter

My family was at the Dallas game that Chucky got his 100th point in. We were all wearing flames gear and we got approached by Flames staff with free tickets to the lower bowl.

Explains why the nosebleeds are empty as they are since they are actively moving people to the lower bowl to make it look better on TV.

Yeah its been years and years of moving people to the lower bowl.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

The I think maybe on a go forward basis would be better for all involved if I just don't participate in Jets discussion on FOI

I take about as much stock in that as I do in Dissentowner when he says he will quit the board, but sounds good. Good luck!

[icarus]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Winnipeg? You mean the Beantown, USA? The Big Easy Motor City baby the happiest place on earth.

Winnipeg: the Mile High City of Brotherly Angels.

Catchy!

[Ba'alzamon]

If we're getting into technicalities, Calgary technically isn't in the pairies. It's in the plains.

And yes, there is a difference.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by VilleN

Not really sure you can call Calgary a 'Prairie city'... it's at the base of the rockies - it is not similar to cities like Saskatoon (which the moniker 'Paris of the Prairies' comes from), Regina, or Winnipeg. Winnipeg is a hole, with very few redeeming qualities.

And Edmonton is just a bog.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Winnipeg? You mean the Beantown, USA? The Big Easy Motor City baby the happiest place on earth.

Its no 'City of Champions' tho...

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

As opposed to the Paris of the Prairies Calgary? Huge tourism in January lol

'Bringing a knife to a gun fight' - weekly prize winner

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by jayswin

The best seats in the Dome aren't even close to all sold. I peruse every game when I'm think of buying. You can buy almost entire rows of seats in many sections in the lower and bowl and second tier, most games. It's really bad this season, but that was to be expected as many fans stopped buying tickets even during their competing years in recent memory.

Available, and not sold, are two different things.

I know the lower bowls are not entire sold out these days, but the seat availability is significantly greater than the actual number of unpaid-for seats.

Also, that does not alter the point I was making.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Available, and not sold, are two different things.

I know the lower bowls are not entire sold out these days, but the seat availability is significantly greater than the actual number of unpaid-for seats.

Also, that does not alter the point I was making.

What? I'm talking about blue, unsold seats on ticketmaster. Yes, there's been hundreds available for almost every game for years, unsold. That's why they move people down there.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

I don't live in Winnipeg anymore. I'm not trash talking Calgary, some sensitive souls are lashing out after the loss.

You love Calgary so much you spend all your time on a Calgary message board...people hated Winnipeg long before a regular season referee assisted loss I assure you. Jets are in peak window and Flames are rebuilding...try not to choke in the playoffs again, thanks.

[Barnet Flame]

Originally Posted by White Out 403

As opposed to the Paris of the Prairies Calgary? Huge tourism in January lol

Calgary probably gets more tourists in January than Winnipeg in July.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by jayswin

What? I'm talking about blue, unsold seats on ticketmaster. Yes, there's been hundreds available for almost every game for years, unsold. That's why they move people down there.

1) I didn't say there weren't ANY
2) some tickets on ticketmaster aren't 'unsold', they are just being resold
3) some seats are held by the team for promotional, and other types of reasons. If unallocated, they then get sold on ticketmaster

No idea what your point is - I never said the games are sold out, I said the majority of the unsold seats are in the PL section, and that most of the lower bowls are STH seats.

I was pointing out to the person that suggested that WPG seats are more expensive, and that's why they are not sold out, is misleading, because the 15,000 best seats at the Dome are more expensive on average than WPG.

[jayswin]

Blue seats on ticketmaster are unsold and available. Pink seats are what you're referring to as they are resellers. I'm not confused about the difference between unsold and unavailable, and yes there are MANY, MANY available in the lower bowl and second tier for most games. To the point where they move fans down there regularly to make it look fuller on TV.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Blue seats on ticketmaster are unsold and available. Pink seats are what you're referring to as they are resellers. I'm not confused about the difference between unsold and unavailable, and yes there are MANY, MANY available in the lower bowl and second tier for most games. To the point where they move fans down there regularly to make it look fuller on TV.

Cool. Good talk.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

Calgary probably gets more tourists in January than Winnipeg in July.

Yup. Winsport, Nakiska, Norquay, Sunshine, Lake Louise, Banff & Canmore winter festivities. Calgary is a gateway to winter activities.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Cool. Good talk.

Thanks.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

If we're getting into technicalities, Calgary technically isn't in the pairies. It's in the plains.

And yes, there is a difference.

A new name for the duo of Calgary and Winnipeg;

Plains and Simple

[D as in David]

Prairies folk:

“You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.”

[boogerz]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

Comparing their seat prices to our third-deck, nosebleeds, isn't fair or accurate.

Compare their ticket prices to the best 15,000 seats in the Dome (which are all sold).

In fact, most of the empty seats at the Dome are actually the nosebleeds.

And the new arena will be completely sold out, even with considerably higher ticket prices. So I really don't see your point - the fact is that the Jets' attendance is the lowest in the league.

You'd have a point if the best 15,000 seats in Canada Life Centre were of equivalent quality to the best 15,000 seats in the Dome, but they're not. 300-level seats in Winnipeg are quite high up and seats you higher than the jumbotron, which is why I'm equating them to the Dome's PL-levels. Paying $62/game to be a season ticket holder in the nosebleeds in Winnipeg is expensive compared to most other teams in the league.

The Jets have been a very good team for the past two years, but last year's 110-point campaign and decreased season ticket prices have marginally moved the needle on their attendance figures this year. Jets fans are speaking with their wallet and have continued to be vocal about ticket prices at Canada Life Centre being too expensive.

It's very different situation than Calgary where fans will pack the Dome and pay current prices (or marginally higher) once the team is good again.