Originally Posted by
Guy Flaming
You can get a single seat for $10.
A family can sit together for $17/seat.
The most expensive ticket in the rink is $29, folks are making it sound a lot worse than it is.
Parking is free with an advance ticket (not bought at the rink on game day) so that saves you $12 right there too.
Calgary and Vancouver averaged less attendance in year 2 than Edmonton did this season. Edmonton had the 3rd highest attendance in the Eastern Conference.
This is a team on the rise, ticket sales will only get stronger, not the other way around.
Sure, but single tickets are not really relevant for a lot of us, and the $17 tickets are all higher up in the upper bowl. The lower bowl end zone tickets are $25; the lower bowl side seats are $29. In Vancouver End zone seats are $17.50 and sides are $19.50.
I must admit I only went to one Oil Kings game at Rexall, but I thought the ticket prices were steep and the food/beer prices were as well -- of course, the concessions have NHL prices.
It's good that attendance is reportedly on track for an expansion franchise, but to me the key feature of Junior hockey is its affordability for families, and IMO Edmonton has missed the mark. Just my opinion.
The only good thunderstick is one shoved up a cowbell.