Bedard selling tickets
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Bro are you f*cking kidding me?
I underestimated how much just Bedard alone would sell tickets.
I thought I would be able to buy tickets to the game, but there are none left just 12 days out.
People might start hunting for scalpers just to be able to see him play.
I'm super excited to watch him play here in Vic, I imagine he'll be putting up a good number of points on us. We have been pretty porous this year, but the Royals are in the middle of a rebuild, so what can you do.
Amazing that BC rinks sell out, and yet every Pats home game is half empty. I guess $36 a ticket wasn't such a smart idea.
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I was told ( team person) VIC was not a legit sellout, a little bit of papering in the house. VAN was a legit , cash on the counter sell out. VIC didn't want a bad look vs VAN.
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I find Bedard's star power amazing. I can tell you that in Winnipeg, we generally don't get legit regular season sellouts except for the occasional weekend game vs. Brandon. However, the pair of games vs. Regina late last month were as full as I've ever seen it at Wayne Fleming Arena.
The funny thing is that the first game vs. Regina generated the viral Bedard goal off the opening faceoff, you could hear the audible gasp in the crowd as it happened, haha. But in the second game Bedard was not really noticeable. His line is OK but the Pats are simply not a very good team, he can only do so much. It's a bit like watching McDavid in his first couple years with the Oilers when they weren't a playoff team.
I'm surprised the fans in Van/Vic/PG were engaged enough to know Bedard was coming to town, and to then buy tickets for it. Usually when I watch games from those places, the seats are mostly empty, especially in Vic/PG.
I'm sure it must drive the owners of the Pats nuts, the Pats are a hot ticket everywhere they go except in Regina it seems. I went to see the ICE vs. Pats in Regina back in October and there was no hype or interest in the game locally, the arena was maybe half full.
The funny thing is that the first game vs. Regina generated the viral Bedard goal off the opening faceoff, you could hear the audible gasp in the crowd as it happened, haha. But in the second game Bedard was not really noticeable. His line is OK but the Pats are simply not a very good team, he can only do so much. It's a bit like watching McDavid in his first couple years with the Oilers when they weren't a playoff team.
I'm surprised the fans in Van/Vic/PG were engaged enough to know Bedard was coming to town, and to then buy tickets for it. Usually when I watch games from those places, the seats are mostly empty, especially in Vic/PG.
I'm sure it must drive the owners of the Pats nuts, the Pats are a hot ticket everywhere they go except in Regina it seems. I went to see the ICE vs. Pats in Regina back in October and there was no hype or interest in the game locally, the arena was maybe half full.
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On the very low side rough I figure the 5 BC clubs took in an extra 1/4 mil in net REV from the 5 games.
2500 extra tickets x 5 x $20. And VAN did tack on an extra buck for that game specifically so they were on the ball early. They need to send a joint christmas card to mr and mrs in N-VAN for that present, They go 4-1,Loss was a blowout but they did well as a team.
2500 extra tickets x 5 x $20. And VAN did tack on an extra buck for that game specifically so they were on the ball early. They need to send a joint christmas card to mr and mrs in N-VAN for that present, They go 4-1,Loss was a blowout but they did well as a team.
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Only 1 dollar extra?????whoever was in charge of ticket sales sure did shit the bed only charging one extra dollar lol... In Kamloops, tickets are usually 30 bucks for a seat. When Regina came to play them, tickets were selling for 150 dollars for a seat and 97 dollars for standing room.... And the arena sold out
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Those are private re-sale seats prices I assume. Unless Blazers said to ticketmaster to unleash the algorithm and do dynamic pricing. Probably a first time that was done. Curious to know. VAN had that extra buck pegged at the start of the season. I think VAN didn't want to get greedy, they also made aggressive bid to get the top prospects game and looks to have been a smart choice as that thing is sold out , and not a cheap ticket. IF things fall in line the TV ad rates for the '23 NHLlottery draft will be highest ever.
Next story will be the Pats record and stats minus CB while the WJ's are on.
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Skinnyjimmy08
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ya it was on the Blazers website for those looking to buy tickets for a few weeks leading up to the point until it sold out. I was told about it from a friend that lives in Kamloops that wanted to go... and sure enough when i looked, i saw it too and was blown away
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So not "resale" on ticketmaster, a first sale ticket? This is the way of the future I expect. If KAM said to ticketmaster, charge what the market will bare I'm sure this will be the door opening, NHL markets doing it now - Leafs and MTL in VAN are called "premium" or whatever buzzword they come up with. Might be a few more years or generations for another CB player to catch fire like this. I can see clubs trying this more. Or making the FRI/SAT night games a buck more vs a TUES game.
$100 for standing ? Loops must have alot of cash floating around. It was a bust of a game, excitement wise.
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Seriously is that the price for a ticket in Regina this year? yikes that's a short term crappy ownership move.
Just looked at tickets for their game that starts in 35 minutes. Cheapest one online is $36.25.
No doubt they will be much lower next year one would think as will be attendance
That's a bad look on ownership. Jack up prices for Bedard, bring them back down to earth when he's gone. Just scummy, scummy business practices. Shouldn't expect anything less from a billionaire company I guess
Also I think it is shortsighted as it will deter some fans or potential ones from coming to future Pats games and currently the public gets upset about these types of things more than they used to it seems.
Because their team sucks. They went all in back in 16-17 AND 17-18 when they hosted the Memorial Cup. They don't have any assets left.
Out of the three teams that had a chance at Bedard in the 2020 lottery, Regina, Moose Jaw and Tri-City, Regina was the worst place for him to go.
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That's what everyone wanted Regina to do. But time and time again the Pats said he didn't want to leave. I'm not entirely sure I believe that. They have new ownership in Regina and it's a dumpster fire inside of that organization.
There's talk that Connor is fine with a quick playoff exit because he wants to play for Canada at the World Championships. Sure seems like he'll get his wish.
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Okay that makes sense….. oh wow imagine if Bedard and McDavid could play together at the WC!?
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