End of Winnipeg Jets Sell-out Streak
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This will only get worse if TNSE keeps jacking ticket prices, with the on-ice product declining.
sipowicz
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Nine seasons in and the team has needlessly taken a step back for reasons known only to TNSE and management! You can only take your fans granted for so long!
Teemusalami204
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Great post!! Let's Jack ticket prices knowing we are going to have a losing season or two and see if the fans buy it.
wpgfishfan
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With all the discounts they are doing now I would assume a freeze on price increases for next year
interesting...i actually expect them to continue with the same increase as this season (was it 3%?)
For those who attended - which areas of the arena looked to have the empty seats?
cheswick
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DannyGallivan
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As a former STH:
1. Prices going up non-stop and outstripping inflation. Add to that concessions, and the cost of going to the game may have outreached the income of the ticket-buying fans.
2. Most STH had a plan to supplement costs by selling to the general public. With Kijiji no longer selling Jet tickets, and the lack of flexibility and fees of selling through any other service (including the Jets), tickets that would normally be sold by STH stay emptly.
3. A bad visiting team on a Tuesday night is a tough sell regardless of price.
4. The AHL draws flies most nights, so I don't consider them competition. However, the WHL may be a more dangerous threat. Plus, there are other things to spend one's money on... there have been several concerts lately, and that Cirque de Soleil thing on Kenaston is very expensive (the wifey may want you go to that at the expense of a Jets game).
5. Other than the draw of live NHL hockey (which should be enough most nights), there is precious little else offered to those who go to a game live. The cost is astronomical. The parking is expensive and a pain. It's a bottleneck just leaving the arena after the game. It's a school night for young kids. There are virtually zero perks once you're there (TNSE spend very little on shwag or production values). With most people possessing 60 inch high def screens and a liquor cabinet/fridge capable of housing much cheaper drink options, it almost makes up for the "live viewing experience".
6. Very negative off season, and a poor start to the regular season. Fans had patience during the first lean years, but the patience is wearing thin. A failure to properly restock the defense shelves and poor play on the ice is taking a toll as well.
PaperRockChamp
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The increase was 7% this season.
The Jets need Kijiji to be an option to sellers.
I'm able to buy lower bowl seats these days ..I've never seen so many available seats but more than once I've cancelled ticket purchases because of the $50 in "service fees". I'd even rather give the ticket holder that extra $.
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- Jun 10, 2014
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All of the above.
Plus:
6 years of building to a 1 year window of contention.
2 years of free fall and the landing still out of sight.
Gradually improving means optimism which means ticket sales even for a weak team. Sudden return to being a bad team means disappointment and pessimism which means fewer ticket sales.
DannyGallivan
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DannyGallivan
Your world frightens and confuses me
That reflects point number six on my post (except you said it better... more "Snerdish").
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Its concerning if it is a trend. Once of anything cannot be a trend.
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