News Article: Bell Centre To Undergo Facelift (La Presse)

[Phil Parent]

In order to compete with the Videotron Center, the Bell Centre will undergo a facelift, on the inside and the outside.

They plan on changing all the seats, for one thing.

http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economi...0-centre-bell-renovations-majeures-en-vue.php

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[Dagistitsyn]

Yay, more construction..

 

[Sined]

In order to compete with the Videotron Center, the Bell Centre will undergo a facelift, on the inside and the outside.

They plan on changing all the seats, for one thing.

http://affaires.lapresse.ca/economi...0-centre-bell-renovations-majeures-en-vue.php

Finally! Those seat were getting kinda dingy

 

[Alex514]

I guess they want to compete for big events with the new Videotron Centre. Im all for upgrades if it enhances the experience of going to the Bell. As long as it doesn't mean abusive price hikes for tickets.

 

[Le Tricolore]

I guess they want to compete for big events with the new Videotron Centre. Im all for upgrades if it enhances the experience of going to the Bell. As long as it doesn't mean abusive price hikes for tickets.

Of course they'll use it as an excuse to raise prices.

 

[Alex514]

Of course they'll use it as an excuse to raise prices.

I have no doubt that they will. But like i said, as long as it's not abusive hikes.

 

[habsjosh2k2]

I received my invoice for season tickets in the mail last week, and I can confirm that my seats in the Greys went up 20% from last year. So you can expect a large increase in ticket prices

 

[Habs 4 Life]

I received my invoice for season tickets in the mail last week, and I can confirm that my seats in the Greys went up 20% from last year. So you can expect a large increase in ticket prices

Someone has to pay for Petry's contract.....

 

[gusfring]

I received my invoice for season tickets in the mail last week, and I can confirm that my seats in the Greys went up 20% from last year. So you can expect a large increase in ticket prices

Really? wow.

 

[Habset]

Wtv the area lost it's appeal since they surronded the whoel BC with Condo buildings. Can't even see it from Rene-Levesque anymore.

 

[Braun]

Wtv the area lost it's appeal since they surronded the whoel BC with Condo buildings. Can't even see it from Rene-Levesque anymore.

Id say it is more appealing than an empty parking lot

 

[Kriss E]

Is this an excuse to raise prices even more now?

 

[OldCraig71]

Fans are willing to pay it and Molson knows it so it will continue to happen.

 

[CGG]

Raising ticket prices would have happened even if there were no renovations.

 

[Le Tricolore]

I received my invoice for season tickets in the mail last week, and I can confirm that my seats in the Greys went up 20% from last year. So you can expect a large increase in ticket prices

20%? Wow.

I didn't pay for tickets to a single game in Montreal last season. Definitely the first time in at least... well since I've been working and have money.

I can't see myself paying for tickets again with that price increase. I'd rather take a drive down to Boston and see the Habs there and make a weekend out of it.

 

[waffledave]

20%? Wow.

I didn't pay for tickets to a single game in Montreal last season. Definitely the first time in at least... well since I've been working and have money.

I can't see myself paying for tickets again with that price increase. I'd rather take a drive down to Boston and see the Habs there and make a weekend out of it.

I'm not spending a dime on this team. Who the hell wants to watch DD turn the puck over and the team play 1-0 grindfests? Increasing the price by 20% is criminal, the product on ice is the most boring I have ever seen.

 

[Dagistitsyn]

I'm not spending a dime on this team. Who the hell wants to watch DD turn the puck over and the team play 1-0 grindfests? Increasing the price by 20% is criminal, the product on ice is the most boring I have ever seen.

I went to 5 regular season games this year and only one of them was bad, and it was the only one I didn't see at the bell centre ( was in Anaheim )

The two playoff games I went too were Amazing.

That being said, the prices are getting beyond ridiculous

 

[GoodKiwi]

I haven't bought a single Habs ticket in 9 years now and am not planning on doing so next season.

 

[Uber Coca]

As for the prices, it's getting ridiculous. Anyone has any information about the profit margin? Who takes the final decisions? The ownership group?

I'd rather spend my money in a resto/bar (almost all of them show the game nowadays) than spend a fortune in the Bell Center.

 

[OldCraig71]

I went to 2 games in December 2013 and it cost me $600 for the seats.

 

[Bill McNeal]

Greys were $63 this past season ($97 for optimum games). Increase that by 20%, and you're looking at 75/116. In 2009 they were 36.50/47.50... I can find much better uses for $75.

 

[the]

The grindfest is hurting the product. There was some extremely cheap tickets during round 2 against Tampa Bay. Just by looking at the pre-game jam, you could notice that the hype around the team is slowly fading.

 

[shawdowmaker]

They create a problem now they want to fix it. The average fan will pay for it as usual. I ll watch the habs on vacation in Florida or from Home. That entire area just looks weird now days!!

 

[JPGoHabsGo]

The grindfest is hurting the product. There was some extremely cheap tickets during round 2 against Tampa Bay. Just by looking at the pre-game jam, you could notice that the hype around the team is slowly fading.

I can confirm this. In October 2011 I went to a game against Philadelphia, when we fired Perry Pearn right before the game. The ticket was about $150 and I was maybe 6 rows from the very back of the upper bowl and we were right at the centre ice line. Good sightlines and it was my first game at the Bell so I didn't care much about the price.

For game 5 against Tampa Bay I paid $180 and sat at the front of the upper bowl. Behind Bishops net.

If playoff prices are going to be like that I will go as often as I can

 

[DJ Breadman]

I'm not going to a game this year either, i'm not from Quebec but I fly in once a year for the last 4 years to watch a game or two, won't be doing it this year, don't like the team on the ice, don't like the coach, don't like the style of play on the ice and it goes on and on.