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| ToXXiK1 |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 07:49:44
I knew there was some parody between teams and prices, but some of these prices are further apart than the moon and earth!
http://statshockey.homestead.com/nhltickets.html
Makes me wonder just how some teams can still ice a team of pro's. |
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| Beans15 |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 14:22:38
Here is the actual report by the NHL. It discusses the rationale behind the average ticket prices and also includes a average premium ticket price. It is surprising to see that is NYR with the highest average premium price and not Toronto. It is also interesting that Edmonton is one of the highest in the league.
It's also pretty sick to think that even in the cheapest barn in the NHL is more than $220 to take your family to a game. It TO, it's close to $600.
https://www.teammarketing.com/public/files/2010_NHL_FCI.pdf
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| nuxfan |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 12:30:13
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the positioning of the teams makes sense just not the average ticket price. The cheapest ticket in Van is $90 for the nosebleeds up against the back wall but the avg ticket price is just over $60? if that was true id be making the trip across on the ferry more often.
The cheapest tickets in VAN are $65 for single game tickets. However, there looks to be a substantial discount if you buy season or half season tickets - the website shows a single game ticket price of $120 for my seats, but I pay $80 per seat with my half season tickets. I would imagine that there are similar discounts for other seating areas.
They probably calculate the average taking that into account. |
| Beans15 |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 11:48:15
Check out this link for average ticket prices. It goes back to 94-95 for every team in the NHL.
Interesting, Bettman took control in what, 93?? Attendance goes up and up and up each year and ticket prices have gone up and up and up each year.But all those stupid owners need to fire him because he does nothing but help them make money. What a bunch of morons.
http://www.andrewsstarspage.com/index.php/site/comments/nhl_average_ticket_prices_since_1994_95/119-2008-09
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| ToXXiK1 |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 09:55:39
Prices are average up to 2010 season. |
| Guest4803 |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 09:50:10
the positioning of the teams makes sense just not the average ticket price. The cheapest ticket in Van is $90 for the nosebleeds up against the back wall but the avg ticket price is just over $60? if that was true id be making the trip across on the ferry more often. |
| n/a |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 09:29:25
Wow. And please note, that there is a disclaimer at the bottom, stating that ticket revenue per game should be considered incomplete, since Premium tickets are not included.
I am guessing that would vault Toronto (and Montreal to a lesser degree) into the stratosphere on this chart, compared to other teams.
No wonder there isn't a second team in the Toronto area. 
Also - how much has the Canadian dollar affected ticket/gate revenues, eh? 5 of the top 7 are Canadian teams, and small town Canadian teams like Edmonton (7) and Ottawa (11) are right up there!
Would love to compare this to a similar chart from 1985.
"Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug |
| nuxfan |
Posted - 02/14/2011 : 09:02:01
or, if you look at it differently, one might wonder how much money teams like the Leafs/Habs/Canucks are making each year in profit. I have heard through unsubstantiated rumours that the Canucks make a profit of about 40M a year overall. Considering it might cost 90M to run the entire team for a season, thats a pretty stellar return.
STL is the bottom of the pile for avg ticket prices - yet the combined gate (total seats * avg ticket prices * total home games) is about 30M a year. Not bad. Granted - the Blues and many other bottom feeder teams don't sell out every game every year, but they probably get enough people in the seats to make some decent money. Combined with other sources of revenue (varies from city to city) and profit sharing, they probably manage to run their team with minimal losses. |
