News Article: News and Notes XXVI: A Sisyphean Rask

[Navin R Slavin]

So is he going to actually prevent other team's fans from buying tickets?

If, when the day comes, the other team is more exciting than ours, those tickets will find their way into the fans of the other teams regardless.

I'm not arguing that it's a one time cash grab. I'm arguing that if he's going to do it, he damned well better sell it out, because empty seats at the Sun Belt Winter Classic would be disastrous for everybody involved.

 

[Svechhammer]

So is he going to actually prevent other team's fans from buying tickets?

If, when the day comes, the other team is more exciting than ours, those tickets will find their way into the fans of the other teams regardless.

I'm not arguing that it's a one time cash grab. I'm arguing that if he's going to do it, he damned well better sell it out, because empty seats at the Sun Belt Winter Classic would be disastrous for everybody involved.

Prevent? No, but make sure the demand from the visiting section is minimized? Absolutely.

No reason to schedule this against the likes of NYR, NYI, Pitt, Philly, Washington, Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, or even Nashville. Those fans would all pack it in. But that leaves a lot of other teams that would make a good game where the chances are pretty good it would be an overwhelmingly large Canes turnout.

And, he'll give tickets away before he lets Carter-Finley be empty. In fact, I would almost guarantee tickets will be cheaper than you'd expect with countless giveaways from when its announced to when its played for free entry.

 

[Joe McGrath]

It should be vs any team they draw nothing for if it’s just a cash grab. Arizona would be a nice f*** you to Quebec.

 

[SvechneJerk]

I want it to be against Nashville for the tailgate experience alone. Just roll me into the game.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

I’ll believe it when I see it.

 

[Svechhammer]

I’ll believe it when I see it.

in the meantime, I'll take BB's ticket.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

in the meantime, I'll take BB's ticket.

Feel free. Just as long as you can loan me the money to buy that ticket in the first place.

 

[raynman]

I think it’s a great idea just at this point with what they’re icing every night I don’t see how they sell out.

 

[Svechhammer]

I think it’s a great idea just at this point with what they’re icing every night I don’t see how they sell out.

I love messages like this when this was posted just one page before....

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[Navin R Slavin]

I think it’s a great idea just at this point with what they’re icing every night I don’t see how they sell out.

They've got two more years to figure that, at least. For whatever that's worth.

 

[Oldracer]

Fact of life: If you are a fan of a sunbelt team, you have to accept the fact that you will often have a major contingent of original 6 and 1st expansion teams (some of these teams are 100 yrs old!). But to put a bow on it, if it weren't for those obnoxious Pens, Sabres, Rags, Flyers' etc etc., we probably would still be an ECHL or maybe AHL town. And if you aren't at least a 1/4 season member quit yer bitchin!

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I love messages like this when this was posted just one page before....

One day, maybe the fancystats will match the reality. Until then, the reality is this: the Hurricanes are not in playoff position, and with a -5 GD, don't presently deserve to be.

 

[GoldiFox]

Last I heard the outdoor game was going to cost $8-9 million and Dundon wants it so bad that he is willing to open his pocketbook personally. It’s a logistical nightmare but it is a huge owner-directed push.

We should also be seeing the on-ice projection before the end of the year. January was the latest target.

 

[Svechhammer]

Last I heard the outdoor game was going to cost $8-9 million and Dundon wants it so bad that he is willing to open his pocketbook personally. It’s a logistical nightmare but it is a huge owner-directed push.

We should also be seeing the on-ice projection before the end of the year. January was the latest target.

But remember.... after he spends the money to make that happen, he's going to pick up the team and move it to Houston or QC

 

[raynman]

They've got two more years to figure that, at least. For whatever that's worth.

I don’t have confidence in them to figure it out in two years.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I don’t have confidence in them to figure it out in two years.

I'm trying, man. I'm really trying.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

 

[Svechhammer]

But... But I thought "fake news"

These valuations are a joke. Last year, and their tantrum over the facts of the sale proved it.

 

[RodTheBawd]

I would think they'd be able to pull 30k with a Nashville-type easily. That extra 20k only happens with a Pitt-type.

I really hope they plan this for 2021 to avoid any lockout issues.

 

[Lempo]

I would think they'd be able to pull 30k with a Nashville-type easily. That extra 20k only happens with a Pitt-type.

I really hope they plan this for 2021 to avoid any lockout issues.

September 2019 is the deadline for NHL and NHLPA to opt out from the CBA and have it terminated in 2020, so we'll know then. But, timescale is probably the first thing they need to set up for this thing, so...

 

[Sens1Canes2]

I would think an outdoor game, with the right marketing, would turn into a huge party and they’d have no problem selling out. Plenty of casual sports fans in Raleigh that would want to go just to say they went.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

 

[MinJaBen]

We need to introduce her to the “What are you drinking thread” or the “Bad trade proposal thread”.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Her Twitter game is fire.

 

[Lempo]

We need to introduce her to the “What are you drinking thread” or the “Bad trade proposal thread”.

I'm told it's the premiere NHL online forum. Their job is to know what's up.

Hi Sara.