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Carolina should lose this team. I went to the home opener 2 years ago against the stanley cup champion bruins and the building was 2/3s full. I think Local fans would support the team if they were cup contenders....otherwise its just a hand full of hockey diehards. I hope they stay, I enjoyed watching Bruin games in the Civic Center, and I enjoy seeing them in whatever bank center they are in now, but I doubt I'll make it to many game when they are in Quebec.
Carolina should lose this team. I went to the home opener 2 years ago against the stanley cup champion bruins and the building was 2/3s full. I think Local fans would support the team if they were cup contenders....otherwise its just a hand full of hockey diehards. I hope they stay, I enjoyed watching Bruin games in the Civic Center, and I enjoy seeing them in whatever bank center they are in now, but I doubt I'll make it to many game when they are in Quebec.
I looked at getting a partial package for lower level tickets. I was pretty shocked to learn that parking passes would not be included for tickets that would have been several grand each. To have people paying 4k for a partial season and then require them to fork out 10$ or whatever per game is obscene.
I looked at getting a partial package for lower level tickets. I was pretty shocked to learn that parking passes would not be included for tickets that would have been several grand each. To have people paying 4k for a partial season and then require them to fork out 10$ or whatever per game is obscene.
They are going to have to go to the playoffs to be profitable.
And not by the skin of their teeth, not squeak in because some other team crumbled for the last week of regular season.
They are going to have to be playoff worthy for a season.
It is disheartening to pay serious money for a game and see them come out flat, stay flat, and finish flat.
Similar to the chicken and the egg scenario:
Which comes first?
Profits or a quality product?
They can hire and fire coaches forever. It is going to take some leadership on the ice, and a captain who leads, pushes, and prods as needed.
then require them to fork out 10$ or whatever per game is obscene.
There was an article recently that said they raised it to $15, and for some concerts it would be $20. Last time we parked across the street and walked.
Parking is now $15 at the PNC Arena. I have no need to be a season ticket holder any longer. I can go to whichever games I want, as few or as many as I want, and buy tickets for about half of face value the day before or day of the games. Why waste all of that money to have to right to one seat all year? For me, it's simply not worth it. There's no incentive to be a season ticket holder except for the right to that one particular seat every night. It's MUCH cheaper to just buy singles.
And like was said before, unless they make the playoffs, they lose money every year. They'll keep rotating in new staff until #12's contract is up or until they can get a decent return on him on the trade market. But your Captain has to be your leader in many ways, on and off the ice.
I agree that season tickets are pointless there. It's so easy to get whatever tickets you want for a game. I feel like NC generally just doesn't care about professional sports. I haven't been to a Panthers game but I know it's so easy to get bobcat/hornets tickets as well. It's not just the fact that the teams lose, because many other cities have losing teams. I think it's just that people here are more interested in college sports and the college teams are pretty good, so that's where the sports entertainment dollars are spent.
People here cared, and bought more tickets when the Canes have had good seasons. But it's hard to sell tickets to lame duck games, near the end of the season, when college basketball is about to start, and your Canes have already been eliminated from any playoff hope. It's no shocking news that the Canes struggled to sell tickets this year. They gave away a LOT of freebies and sold a lot of cheap ones through outlets like stubhub. You get this team back to winning, and playing exciting hockey, and people will once again flock to the games. But don't expect people to keep paying premium prices for 41 games a year, of a mediocre team, year after losing year. Build a competitive winner, and the tickets will sell themselves. But what we've got right now is the few who are willing to buy tickets, are picking up the slack with higher costs, for those who said "the heck with it, I'd rather not go or just watch from home for free".
The Hurricanes need to better organize their ticket management. You can't expect people to pay full price for season tickets, and then have someone new sit beside them every night, with tickets they got through some promotion that ended up costing $20 less than the season ticket holder paid! This is kicking ticket buyers in the gut!
Carolina should lose this team. I went to the home opener 2 years ago against the stanley cup champion bruins and the building was 2/3s full. I think Local fans would support the team if they were cup contenders....otherwise its just a hand full of hockey diehards. I hope they stay, I enjoyed watching Bruin games in the Civic Center, and I enjoy seeing them in whatever bank center they are in now, but I doubt I'll make it to many game when they are in Quebec.
The NHL leaving Carolina is a pipe dream. The League realized it made a mistake when they relocated Atlanta to Winnipeg.
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