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	<title>Comments on: It&#8217;s not looking good for regular folks to get Winter Classic tickets</title>
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		<title>By: wheresdapuck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[$70 - $349 ticket is not high cost.  That&#039;s a regular ticket price for admission to a Caps game at Verizon Center!  And the Caps continue to sell out!

$100 - $1500 would be what I would expect for a Winter Classic game ticket!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>$70 &#8211; $349 ticket is not high cost.  That&#8217;s a regular ticket price for admission to a Caps game at Verizon Center!  And the Caps continue to sell out!</p>
<p>$100 &#8211; $1500 would be what I would expect for a Winter Classic game ticket!</p>
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		<title>By: gallyhatch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, 

IMO, they should take care of the Philly season ticket holders first &amp; foremost. Maybe reserve a certain amount seats for Rangers season ticket holders after that (set up a random lottery for the opportunities to buy......hey, it&#039;s what the Red Sox do for Yankee games every year, it&#039;s probably the fairest way to execute the whole thing).

 I also think they should only make available the same # of seats that person holds tickets for (no sympathy for season ticket holders who &quot;wanted to bring more than one person along for the fun&quot;). BUT if you have 4 seats on your account, you should get 4 seats there. 

Considering this scenario, the Bruins actually did it right. Season ticket holders were given a 24 hour window (aproximately, I can&#039;t remember the exact time frame......maybe 36 hours) to buy their tickets (same # of seats they have on their acount). If they missed that window, sorry that was your chance. No second chances were available
They were actually GIVEN tickets to the alumni game. None of this minimum of three games nonsense. That&#039;s absurd. 

If the Flyers / Citizens Bank park are worried about a return on their investment, open it up for public skating. Charge $10 / $15 an hour to skate on the ice, start @ 8:00 am during school vacation days and go through 9 @ night. Fine, it doesn&#039;t have the history of Fenway or Wrigley, but I&#039;m sure thousands of people would pay at least $15 to skate there for an hour. That&#039;s instant revenue right there. 

And in the end, the little guy definitely gets screwed. A non-STH doesn&#039;t stand a chance to get tix for this thing for face value. It&#039;s unfortunate, but it&#039;s also how things work these days. 
With that being said, they can always go to the Alumni game, or AHL game if they want to see hockey @ Citizens Bank park that badly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, </p>
<p>IMO, they should take care of the Philly season ticket holders first &amp; foremost. Maybe reserve a certain amount seats for Rangers season ticket holders after that (set up a random lottery for the opportunities to buy&#8230;&#8230;hey, it&#8217;s what the Red Sox do for Yankee games every year, it&#8217;s probably the fairest way to execute the whole thing).</p>
<p> I also think they should only make available the same # of seats that person holds tickets for (no sympathy for season ticket holders who &#8220;wanted to bring more than one person along for the fun&#8221;). BUT if you have 4 seats on your account, you should get 4 seats there. </p>
<p>Considering this scenario, the Bruins actually did it right. Season ticket holders were given a 24 hour window (aproximately, I can&#8217;t remember the exact time frame&#8230;&#8230;maybe 36 hours) to buy their tickets (same # of seats they have on their acount). If they missed that window, sorry that was your chance. No second chances were available<br />
They were actually GIVEN tickets to the alumni game. None of this minimum of three games nonsense. That&#8217;s absurd. </p>
<p>If the Flyers / Citizens Bank park are worried about a return on their investment, open it up for public skating. Charge $10 / $15 an hour to skate on the ice, start @ 8:00 am during school vacation days and go through 9 @ night. Fine, it doesn&#8217;t have the history of Fenway or Wrigley, but I&#8217;m sure thousands of people would pay at least $15 to skate there for an hour. That&#8217;s instant revenue right there. </p>
<p>And in the end, the little guy definitely gets screwed. A non-STH doesn&#8217;t stand a chance to get tix for this thing for face value. It&#8217;s unfortunate, but it&#8217;s also how things work these days.<br />
With that being said, they can always go to the Alumni game, or AHL game if they want to see hockey @ Citizens Bank park that badly.</p>
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