News Article: The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs expect to have full capacity, but awaiting green light

[Golden_Jet]

Les Sénateurs s’attendent à pouvoir jouer devant un amphithéâtre à pleine capacité dès le 14 octobre

well that makes more sense, than Sens expecting full capacity,

when, Melnyk has submitted a plan for 6000

 

[Canadian Game]

Selling out games while the capacity limit remains at 1,000 is a very bold gamble. The Oshawa Generals of the OHL are doing the same thing as well. I assume owners have some inside knowledge that we don’t, but there’s no guarantees until changes are official. It’s difficult to rely on restrictions being loosened when the pandemic is very fluid.

Overall there are 2 possible outcomes. Either teams get the approvals they expect, and make more money in the short term because they’ve been selling for weeks leading up. Or, capacity changes aren’t made or fall short short of expectations, which would be a nightmare of having to deal with upset fans. Ticket reps would have to process refunds and would be the main point of contact with handling tons of upset fans.

From speaking with another team’s ticketing manager, it’s just not worth the risk of pissing off a fanbase just to try making extra money early on. Even with a 1,000 seat capacity right now, teams already have to decide how to prioritize the 1,000 seats for each game when they have over 1,000 season tickets sold. I can’t imagine being a ticket rep at the moment would be a fun gig, especially if the owner wants to gamble on being able to host max capacity crowds.

 

[Ice-Tray]

Selling out games while the capacity limit remains at 1,000 is a very bold gamble. The Oshawa Generals of the OHL are doing the same thing as well. I assume owners have some inside knowledge that we don’t, but there’s no guarantees until changes are official. It’s difficult to rely on restrictions being loosened when the pandemic is very fluid.

Overall there are 2 possible outcomes. Either teams get the approvals they expect, and make more money in the short term because they’ve been selling for weeks leading up. Or, capacity changes aren’t made or fall short short of expectations, which would be a nightmare of having to deal with upset fans. Ticket reps would have to process refunds and would be the main point of contact with handling tons of upset fans.

From speaking with another team’s ticketing manager, it’s just not worth the risk of pissing off a fanbase just to try making extra money early on. Even with a 1,000 seat capacity right now, teams already have to decide how to prioritize the 1,000 seats for each game when they have over 1,000 season tickets sold. I can’t imagine being a ticket rep at the moment would be a fun gig, especially if the owner wants to gamble on being able to host max capacity crowds.

A lottery is how you do it, each game a lottery, done in advance for seasons ticket holders based on the percentage of tickets that are season tickets. The rest can also be sold by lottery.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Selling out games while the capacity limit remains at 1,000 is a very bold gamble. The Oshawa Generals of the OHL are doing the same thing as well. I assume owners have some inside knowledge that we don’t, but there’s no guarantees until changes are official. It’s difficult to rely on restrictions being loosened when the pandemic is very fluid.

Overall there are 2 possible outcomes. Either teams get the approvals they expect, and make more money in the short term because they’ve been selling for weeks leading up. Or, capacity changes aren’t made or fall short short of expectations, which would be a nightmare of having to deal with upset fans. Ticket reps would have to process refunds and would be the main point of contact with handling tons of upset fans.

From speaking with another team’s ticketing manager, it’s just not worth the risk of pissing off a fanbase just to try making extra money early on. Even with a 1,000 seat capacity right now, teams already have to decide how to prioritize the 1,000 seats for each game when they have over 1,000 season tickets sold. I can’t imagine being a ticket rep at the moment would be a fun gig, especially if the owner wants to gamble on being able to host max capacity crowds.

Ya, doesn’t make sense, no way they are getting max capacity, when the outdoor for Jays and CFL in Ontario is 15,000 limit.