I was quite disappointed in the questions that were asked. There were a total of 3 strong business related CBA questions.. the rest was were dealing with when/how are you going to negotiate and what about the fans... kind of a waste of time in my opinion
Goodenow is wrong on the ticket prices... if ticket prices were based on supply and demand, you wouldn't have outrageous ticket prices in markets where people don't care about hockey and there are empty seats throughout the building every game
the other thing is there have been steady ticket price increases during the last CBA.. the last time I checked, the attendances did not go up.. in many cases (especially teams that performed poorly) ticket prices went up instead of down (which would be the case according to goodenow's supply/demand theory)
its a fact.. teams are under financial pressures to maintain a high star-player level on their team so they have to increase ticket prices (since salaries rocketed up) regardless of fans actually wanting to attend the games
if you want a good example of supply/demand not being the case in hockey tickets look at the OSHL... $65-70 tickets to watch a poor 'hockey' game?? thats ridiculous.. i dont buy the charity crap either
Goodenow is wrong on the ticket prices... if ticket prices were based on supply and demand, you wouldn't have outrageous ticket prices in markets where people don't care about hockey and there are empty seats throughout the building every game
the other thing is there have been steady ticket price increases during the last CBA.. the last time I checked, the attendances did not go up.. in many cases (especially teams that performed poorly) ticket prices went up instead of down (which would be the case according to goodenow's supply/demand theory)
its a fact.. teams are under financial pressures to maintain a high star-player level on their team so they have to increase ticket prices (since salaries rocketed up) regardless of fans actually wanting to attend the games
if you want a good example of supply/demand not being the case in hockey tickets look at the OSHL... $65-70 tickets to watch a poor 'hockey' game?? thats ridiculous.. i dont buy the charity crap either