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Seroiusly? I thought they were doing well down there (financially speaking).
This season is gonna be so fun smack talking What tickets did you guys get?
None as of yet.
Didn't have the fundage to commit to a season ticket package. However True North made it a point to keep a certain percentage of tickets available during each game for "walk up" purchases, so we're hoping and planning to be able to hit those up a few times this season. There was actually supposed to be some sort of announcement today made by the Jets regarding those tickets (I'm guessing it's probably how many will be available per game and what prices they'll be going for), however they've postponed the announcement until sometime tomorrow (Friday, Sept.16th,2011).
EDIT -
A video stream replay of the announcement is available HERE:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/LIVE-Jets-to-make-ticket-announcement-129837273.htmlLong story short, instead of leaving them for regular "walk up" purchases, there will be a "lottery" of sorts to determine who gets the remaining Jets' tickets (i.e. the ones that were NOT included in the season-ticket purchases) this season.
Jets to use random draws for individual tix
By: Tim Campbell
Posted: 09/14/2011 4:47 PM | Last Modified: 09/16/2011 3:33 PM
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets are instituting a random draw to sell the remaining tickets to their game this season, the NHL's first here since 1995-96.
The draw allows for a fair and equal distribution of game tickets, as the team said today successfully drawn applicants can "win" only once. The successful purchaser will be sent a code to open access to either two tickets for a single game, or single tickets to two games.
The team's website, jets.nhl.com, is now open for taking ballots for fans wanting individual-game tickets.
Tickets will go on sale the third Saturday of each month this season. October games go on sale Sept. 24, then November games go on sale Oct. 15 and so on.
Ballot entries will be open throughout the season and fans won't have to re-enter each month. Only one ballot is permitted per name and credit card number.
The team sold 13,000 season tickets for their 15,003-seat MTS Centre in June and True North CEO Jim Ludlow said today the Jets anticipate that an average of 600 tickets will be available through the drawing for each game.
"The number will vary, but it's in the range of 600 tickets per game," Ludlow said. "Right now, we think it gives everybody a chance to come to a game. We have lots of demand, not much supply.
"We thought the first-come, first-served method tended to favour some people who are getting to the front of the line all the time."
Ludlow said that more than 50 per cent of the tickets that will be available will be in the upper-deck P7 sections.
The team has also chosen a variable-pricing policy for its individual-game sales.
A games will go for $60.45 for the P7 sections all the way up to $199.95 for P1 tickets. Those include opponents Montreal, Pittsburgh, Washington, Anaheim, Toronto and Tampa Bay.
B games will range from $54.60 to $180.60 while C games will go from $48.75 to $161.25.
The category of games goes by date, not team, as Carolina and Ottawa are on both the B and C lists. The full schedule of A, B, and C games is available on at jets.nhl.com
I dunno, I've got mixed feelings about this. While it's true that this lottery system will give a wider range of people a more fair shot at getting tickets since it takes out the factor of whether or not one is free to actually stand in line (which obviously, not everyone has), I'm not liking that if one DOES manage to score a win, you can ONLY win one time per season, and then you're limited to ONLY 2 tickets per win, meaning you can go with a buddy to 1 game, or you can go solo to 2 games.
Of course, myself and
Tom Green have already signed up to be eligible to be part of the draws.