LadyStanley
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...n-tickets-0820110820,0,430803.story?track=rss
New club area has some fans very upset. Like one guy who paid $5k for his row 15 pair of seats and to keep them is looking at $22,500 PER seat. (But that includes many other events in addition to hockey games.)
New club area has some fans very upset. Like one guy who paid $5k for his row 15 pair of seats and to keep them is looking at $22,500 PER seat. (But that includes many other events in addition to hockey games.)
"Obviously, it's going to be a significant revenue generator for the organization. We also think it's going to create a very unique experience for those people that become members," said Michael Yormark, president and COO of the Panthers and SSE. "We did do focus groups, we talked to our season-seat holders. This was not something that was done in haste."
Yormark said a decision hasn't been made to go ahead with Club Red but could come by the end of the month. There would be 672 seats in the area. The change would affect about 180 current account holders who occupy about 360 seats in the area, according to the Panthers.
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Mickey Kay, of Coconut Creek, said he won't renew his two season tickets and that friends who have six seats feel similarly. White said he has been in contact with holders of 52 other season tickets in section 134 who are upset about having to give up seats they have occupied for years.
"I don't know who they got feedback from because it wasn't me, it wasn't the 50 people I polled in my section," White said. "We've been sitting together the whole time in the arena. We've become good friends. We meet once a month in and out of season to get together."