Comments on: Avalanche Attendance: Straight From the Horses Mouth

By: nashville consulting firms

nashville consulting firms — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:59:43 +0000

I was shocked at Mikes post, The plan ticket costs as much as nosebleed seats to the game. I am in LA where everything is expensive and our hockey tickets are around the same prices. Granted different cities, different teams, but its just a different market where I dont think ticket prices should be comparable at all.

By: Arthone

Arthone — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:37:51 +0000

I really liked the way they came off

By: Bob in Boulder

Bob in Boulder — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:33:44 +0000

Obviously, jibble, you have not been drinking enough of the FCI koolaid. Blindly follow it, my son, as fabricated and worthless as it may be. Then post away on fanhouse and treat it as gospel, as the FCI, not the truth, will set you free.

Btw, Frei actually wrote in his blog that the real average ticket price for the Avs is second highest in the NHL. But that would be using reality instead of the FCI. Shame on him.

By: jibblescribbits

jibblescribbits — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:58:09 +0000

Just to compliment your current post I wanted to give you a taste of what it's like here in San Jose. When my wife switched jobs to come out here from Denver to San Jose, she was given about a 15% raise to cover cost of living increases. Home prices here are easily double what they are in the Denver area. The point? It costs a lot more to do anything here in San Jose than it does in Denver. Yet here are the prices for tickets to a Sharks game Just to put that in perspective, the cheapest tickets are 27% more expensive in Denver (where the cost of living is less) than in San Jose. Center ice upper deck are 18% more expensive and behind the goal, lower deck (not near the ice) are 27% more expensive in Denver than in SJ. For those of you who have been to the Bay Area, NOTHING is cheaper here than in Denver. Mid grade gas in San Jose is about $3.25/Gallon right now. While in Denver it is about $2.90. That's about 11% cheaper in Denver. Moving here I spend twice the rent for 1/2 the house. Hockey tickets are the first thing I have ever found to be cheaper in SJ than in Denver.

By: jibblescribbits

jibblescribbits — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:50:38 +0000

As usual good work Tape

By: cupster33

cupster33 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:43:19 +0000

I put your post up here to help with the lack of readers tape.

http://ballhype.com/story/avalanche_attendance_straight_from_the_horses_mouth/

By: Tapeleg

Tapeleg — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:36:33 +0000

Hockeychic – You are so right, you should do a guest post here about it. The Red Wings are in the same situation as the Avs, but even more so. The Wings have a better record, but have a worse economy around them. They have better ticket prices, but more expensive merch in the Joe. There are plenty of similarities between the two teams situations. And any fan of the other baseball teams in MLB can tell you, the only team almost exactly like the Yankees are the Red Sox.

Mike – And how much does it cost to go to an Oklahoma City Blazers game? Cheap, cheap, cheap. But if you are in Denver when I am, I will buy you that beer. Or when I make it down to OKC, April of 09.

Earl – Where’s my beer? Thanks, though.

By: Earl Sleek

Earl Sleek — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:08:38 +0000

I don’t know what the FanHouse is paying these days…

Well, if I write two posts, I can buy a beer at the Honda Center. If I write one post, I can buy a beer outside of Honda Center.

Nice work on the data, though.

By: Mike at MHH

Mike at MHH — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:16:08 +0000

Spectacular post.

I recently visited the Avs website to shop for tickets. Remember, I’ve gotta hike from the OKC to see an Avs game at the The Can. TicketMaster couldn’t do any better than $83/seat. I quickly gave up on the idea of attending an Avs game. Hell, the Southwest ticket is $89 dollars! You’re telling me, with the shape the economy is in, that I can fly from OKC to Denver for the same price as nosebleeds at an Avs game? That’s redunkulous.

By: hockeychic

hockeychic — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:31:52 +0000

O.k. I know this is an Avs blog but the similarities between the Avs ticket problems and the Red Wings ticket problems can not be ignored (well at least by me). I have been a season ticket holder for the Avs since Day 1. A group of us share two 14 game fan plans. First season they were $15 a ticket. Now, 11 years later, it is $38 at ticket. We have had problems over the years and the Avs ticket office is a nightmare to deal with, not fan friendly at all.

The Avs do not market the team very well. This is the same problem the Red Wings have. Neither team has a lot of public acessibility. The Wings have been good for so long, I guess the organization figured they didn’t have to market them. Ditto, the Avs. They won the Cup right off the bat, instant hot ticket. Now the economy is in the tank (more so in Michigan than Colorado) and both teams are still charging very high prices for tickets. It used to be that I would buy a few lower bowl seats every year to complement my fan plan seats and have some fun. I stopped doing that because I could not afford it anymore. Heck I have to split my share of the fan plans because of how expensive it is. A few weeks ago at the Avs/Islanders game, by buddy who has season tickets and is nice enough to take me to some games and I were upgraded to the lower bowl. These tickets had a face value of $121. We were last row but it was still behind the players bench and a bit over. I can not imagine how someone could pay for two of those tickets plus parking plus concessions without going into major debt. As you said, it has become a luxury.

Sorry for the long post. Great work on your part, Tape.