So out of curiosity, I looked on StubHub to see what they had for tonight's game. I already got my tickets the day they went on sale, because I assume the tickets on the secondary market would be even more expensive. The verdict:
My seats are in the lower bowl, face value was $280 each.
There are tickets on StubHub in the exact same section, 12 rows closer to the ice, for $170 each.
In fact, there are tickets all over the arena for sale, and ALL OF THEM are less than face value - they're also available via the StubHub app, which seems to make re-selling tickets that much easier. I'm not sure how I feel about this. All this time, when we were defending this market as the naysayers continued to say that so many season tickets were going to casinos, corporations, scalpers, etc. - were they right?
I'm coming back for a game in March, and StubHub has tickets to that game for $25!? What gives? I know that people buy season tickets in order to re-sell them all of the time, but I'm honestly shocked at the seemingly-low re-sell value for these tickets. Is it because the team is expected to be lousy this season?