rkhum
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- Aug 3, 2011
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I was stunned when looking at the box score of the Vegas-Rangers game on 10/31 to see they were about 1,000 short of a sellout.
MSG has pretty much been sold out for every Ranger game since 2011; and before then it was a blizzard in 2010 against Nashville that ended another previous streak.
I was even more surprised the Rangers game on 10/21 against Nashville, a Saturday afternoon, also was not a sell out.
My first though-what gives? Are Ranger fans this fickle that a really bad month of October is all it took to end the sell out streak? But then I thought, no, usually ticket sales are done well in advance, so if a team is coming off strong years as the Rangers have, they usually have a lag between poor play and poor attendance. Likewise, if a team has been bad for years, there also tends to be a lag before ticket sales jump.
Moreover, the Rangers and MSG have been known to be quite loyal. This extends beyond the Rangers, to the Knicks. Speaking of the Knicks, they have been a bit of a surprise this season, so I checked out their attendance. Sure enough, they have had several games with about 1,000 unsold seats, this in spite of the early season excitement.
This confirms to me, something is up with MSG. Rangers fans aren't that fickle, they are some of the most loyal in all of sports. Was there some kind of change in the price structure, that would explain why suddenly the Rangers AND Knicks are not selling out?
On TV, the stands look no emptier than before, and on Tiqiq, prices still are very high.
MSG has pretty much been sold out for every Ranger game since 2011; and before then it was a blizzard in 2010 against Nashville that ended another previous streak.
I was even more surprised the Rangers game on 10/21 against Nashville, a Saturday afternoon, also was not a sell out.
My first though-what gives? Are Ranger fans this fickle that a really bad month of October is all it took to end the sell out streak? But then I thought, no, usually ticket sales are done well in advance, so if a team is coming off strong years as the Rangers have, they usually have a lag between poor play and poor attendance. Likewise, if a team has been bad for years, there also tends to be a lag before ticket sales jump.
Moreover, the Rangers and MSG have been known to be quite loyal. This extends beyond the Rangers, to the Knicks. Speaking of the Knicks, they have been a bit of a surprise this season, so I checked out their attendance. Sure enough, they have had several games with about 1,000 unsold seats, this in spite of the early season excitement.
This confirms to me, something is up with MSG. Rangers fans aren't that fickle, they are some of the most loyal in all of sports. Was there some kind of change in the price structure, that would explain why suddenly the Rangers AND Knicks are not selling out?
On TV, the stands look no emptier than before, and on Tiqiq, prices still are very high.