Thought about applying, but I sit on enough committees where we discuss and just proceed with whatever the chair wanted in the first place to bother with another.
Sorry, this feels like lipstick on a pig to me. Appearance for the sake of trying to do something. In many respects, I honestly don't think the fans should have a say.
I know one of the ticket reps personally now. He used to swim in our pool. Much of the "complaints" that come his way are "fire Maurice", "trade Wheeler", etc. There are only three reps in total at any given time so that said, I'm not surprised the actual return rate of messaging is incredibly low. That's not a defense of them because I agree, the service has been atrocious over the years and I've had my share of stories and gripes (predominantly related to seat relocation) but just an acknowledgement of why it may be so bad. That is on TNSE 100% though.
I will say if I got on there the first thing I'd suggest is they stop undercutting the price for tickets they are selling in the same section as a STH may have their tickets up for. I sometimes look for seats to additional games and the ones from TNSE are cheaper than what an already bought and paid for seat will be, especially as you get closer to game time. We rarely sell tickets out of our group so it doesn't affect us, but that's a brutal practice.
What can the committee actually accomplish? What are the usual gripes:
Concessions are too expensive (and the STH discount is comical) - don't see this being addressed.
STH discount for merch is sort of laughable, less so now but for much of the wait list era those on the wait list got the same discount as STH - 15%. So my $10K/year is worth the same as the annual wait list fee?
STH gift - pretty sure this is up on the webpage still - I'm still waiting on mine and guess what - no response from my ticket rep to the inquiry. Not that I really wanted another luggage tag or something equally cheap but if you're going to put it up there, deliver. Other teams give out a jersey, or cap or something else more substantial, we got an empty promise
Improve the lineups? Not possible with that concourse.
Any of that going to change? I don't see it really. But I admit to being weird. All I want from my team is some 'give a damn' in their play, rewarding effort, not rewarding poor play. I pay too much money to watch millionaires "quit" on defense (honestly Scheifele I should never have to watch you go to the bench when the other team is heading into our zone) or only have half a dozen guys show some heart in a game. My season ticket renewal hinges on the effort the team puts forth. That will be tied to the coach and the impact he has on the room. I know the Connor, Ehlers, Morrisey, Dubois of the team will show up, but I need to see more of that from the other 2/3 of the team.
In game entertainment? Yeah, that could be done somehow. What though? Winnipeg is pretty conservative (not speaking politically) and you sort of have a dichotomy of fans - mostly boomers but a solid chunk younger. To be fair I actually think they do a decent mix on the music side. I'm not even sure I want more entertainment, I don't need to be Vegas (f*ck Vegas) or Nashville (can we get more banners?).
But we're too nostalgic it seems for a new mascot (not convinced they'd get it right but Mr. M. Moose was fine for the first year. after that c'mon.) Benny is a nice nod to the OG. Maybe it's just better to not try, cuz we ain't gettin' no Gritty.
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