Jaded-Fan
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I am guessing that the number below was an off the record remark from Pen's officials so couched in those terms. I can see no other reason to put a specific number like that in the article. By the way, the math works out . . . 150,000 tickets divided by 43 games per full plan = the equivilent of 3,500 full plans. If you factor in partial (20 game plans) the number sold to grows even higher.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05207/543679.stm
Crosby already scoring for team
Penguins have big rise in ticket sales
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
By Chuck Finder, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sidney Crosby, in the, roughly, 87 hours since becoming inbound Penguins property, already means this much to the local NHL franchise:
A guy called from Australia yesterday wanting Penguins tickets.
A guy called from San Diego and purchased a season-ticket package.
A guy from Dormont brought his checkbook, showed up at their door and plunked down a deposit on two partial-season plans, all in the moments before closing on his new house.
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Although Penguins officials decline to release figures, it's conceivable that, ever since commissioner Gary Bettman opened their envelope and pronounced them the winner of the Crosby sweepstakes Friday, the Penguins have sold upwards of 150,000 tickets and generated $1 million in down payments alone. These numbers, however, they will divulge: Thanks mostly to No. 87, they received ticket requests from 10 states, added one employee from another department to work the phone lines and continue to look to hire more sales reps.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05207/543679.stm
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