Talk about stage fright for a young Dude , would take a little while sometimes.
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Not many Saturday games.Looking at the schedule ahead. I know this is hard to predict, but I have nothing better to do
Saturday January 27th (TOR) - Probably Sell Out
Saturday February 10th (PIT) - Probably sell Out
Wed Feb 14 (SJ) - 12-14K
Tue Feb 20 (MIN) - 12-14K
Sun Feb 25 (ARI) - 13-15K
Tues Feb 27 (St.L) - 12-14K
Tues Mar 5 (SEA) - 12-14K
Mon Mar 11 (WSH) - 12-14K
Wed Mar 13 (NSH) - 12-14K
Fri Mar 15 (Ana) - Probably sell out
Tue Mar 26 (EDM) - 13-15K
Thu March 28th (VGS) - Probably sell out
Sat Mar 30th (OTT) - Probably sell out?
Mon April 1 (LAK) - 12-14K
Thu April 4 (CGY) - 12-14K
Tue April 16 (SEA) - 12-14K
Thu April 18 (VAN) - 12-14K
So, I think we are looking at an average attendance of between 13-14K, which will be less than last year. Last year was slightly above 14K.
This is the one advantage of being a woman at sports events haha. My memories of my lone Jets game nine years ago are getting fuzzy, but I do remember somewhat smugly walking past a giant mens queue to get to the ladies and being back in my seat in plenty of time for the 3rd.
Was talking to a friend yesterday and his company he works for had a box, suite and they no longer have it because their price for the suite went up 75,000 dollars to renew. That's a huge increase and they said thanks but no thanks.
I think I have to disagree with this somewhat.
My company did the same thing, they dumped their box, but still bought season tickets, which they have now given up since Covid. Worldwide company policy has changed to no freebies for clients. At least I benefited before the policy change...
Man - back in the day my family lived in River Heights - but if you took the rail bridge it was only like a 15-20 minute walk to and from the arena.
I also grew up in River Heights and made the trek across the rail bridge. I went to about 10 - 15 games a season in my teen age years during the Jets 1.0 era. Sometimes with the cheap McDonalds seats, but more often then not through a side door casually opened by a security guard at a set time through arrangements of one of my buddies with a family connection. We paid off at $5 per person, but we had to keep the group small enough not to be too noticeable. We just went to seats we knew would be empty and then move down at the 1st intermission to the best seats we saw. Watched more than a few games from the Reds close to rink side (the last 2 periods anyways)
.This is like Winnipeg Goodfellas...I also grew up in River Heights and made the trek across the rail bridge. I went to about 10 - 15 games a season in my teen age years during the Jets 1.0 era. Sometimes with the cheap McDonalds seats, but more often then not through a side door casually opened by a security guard at a set time through arrangements of one of my buddies with a family connection. We paid off at $5 per person, but we had to keep the group small enough not to be too noticeable. We just went to seats we knew would be empty and then move down at the 1st intermission to the best seats we saw. Watched more than a few games from the Reds close to rink side (the last 2 periods anyways)
Back in high school, my father and I would go to roughly half Jets home games when I wasn't playing hockey on one of the Jets game nights. We'd go to McDonald's, get the deal where we'd buy a hamburger and coke and get a ticket to the next Jets game for $6. We'd sit up in the nosebleeds in the 1st, scout out a couple empty seats down near the glass, go down and out the side door with 3 minutes left in the 1st, run across the Polo Park lot to the the McDonalds on St. James, repeat our burger, drink and $6 ticket for the next game.I also grew up in River Heights and made the trek across the rail bridge. I went to about 10 - 15 games a season in my teen age years during the Jets 1.0 era. Sometimes with the cheap McDonalds seats, but more often then not through a side door casually opened by a security guard at a set time through arrangements of one of my buddies with a family connection. We paid off at $5 per person, but we had to keep the group small enough not to be too noticeable. We just went to seats we knew would be empty and then move down at the 1st intermission to the best seats we saw. Watched more than a few games from the Reds close to rink side (the last 2 periods anyways)
Like I said, price categories and options of all sorts for parking. Seat widths are on par with most markets. Even Edmonton’s new arena lower bowl is the same. Concourse improvements have been made now that Moxies is gone. I am a die hard STH and I shall continue to gloat.
Born and bred here. I know where you’re coming from.You must be new to Winnipeg. A Winnipegger's god given right is free parking right outside the front door.
I am at a distance, but this seems to encapsulate the problem that TNSE has created for itself imho. Got piggish, forced Screw You pricing onto people and businesses. Then, when customers have had enough and walk away, create a marketing plan that is based upon an ultimatum. Or at least comes across that way. I hope they recognize the error of their ways and restructure things to bring back the crowds and corporate interest. I know it is a balancing act, but that much unsold capacity has broader effects on the experience too.
Seat widths here are the tightest in the league. 17 inches for standard seats vs. 19 inches almost everywhere else including Edmonton. Club seats here are 19 inches vs. 21 inches almost everywhere else including Edmonton. I have also read that suite seats in some (or most?) places are 22 inches. Ours are 19 inches.
Damn that is a significant increase. I wonder if the previous price they paid was locked in for several years, hence the huge increase.
