LGR4GM Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Sabres aren't raising prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brawndo Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) Part of the letter from Terry Pegula I’m not happy and I am sure you aren’t either. I’m sending this letter so that I can personally tell you that we will not be raising Season Ticket prices this year. You’ve been loyal to us in one of the most difficult times in franchise history and you deserve better. When we decided to go through our rebuild, the expectation was that we would be competing for a playoff spot by now. That simply hasn’t happened. I bear my share of responsibility. Mistakes have been made along the way, but I’m not here to rehash those or make excuses. I’m here to tell you I watch the games too and the standard of the Buffalo Sabres must change. I’ve challenged everyone in the organization to be better. Every single person, including me, needs to improve on everything we do. As disappointed as I am in the season, the part of me that’s a fan like you is still excited for the future. We have players in our system at all levels of the organization – NHL, AHL, juniors, European leagues and the NCAA – and I’m confident they will make us consistently competitive. This may not mean much. Until we win, it is just words. I just want you to know that I’m in it with you. Terrence M. Pegula Edited April 19, 2018 by Brawndo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Maybe, just maybe, the Sabres should lower them. Even just a token reduction as a thank you for putting up with them. And, not just seasons. Every ticket sold by the team should be lower for the coming season. /rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Good letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 (edited) I eagerly await to see where PA finds fault. Edited April 19, 2018 by MattiPaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I eagerly await to see where PA finds fault. Part of the letter from Terry Pegula ’m not happy and I am sure you aren’t either. I’m sending this letter so that I can personally tell you that we will not be raising Season Ticket prices this year. You’ve been loyal to us in one of the most difficult times in franchise history and you deserve better. When we decided to go through our rebuild, the expectation was that we would be competing for a playoff spot by now. That simply hasn’t happened. I bear my share of responsibility. Mistakes have been made along the way, but I’m not here to rehash those or make excuses. I’m here to tell you I watch the games too and the standard of the Buffalo Sabres must change. I’ve challenged everyone in the organization to be better. Every single person, including me, needs to improve on everything we do. As disappointed as I am in the season, the part of me that’s a fan like you is still excited for the future. We have players in our system at all levels of the organization – NHL, AHL, juniors, European leagues and the NCAA – and I’m confident they will make us consistently competitive. This may not mean much. Until we win, it is just words. I just want you to know that I’m in it with you. Terrence M. Pegula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 He should have given the season ticket holders a discount for renewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudacek Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 I eagerly await to see where PA finds fault. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsixspd Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 This was a really heartfelt and sincere letter from TPeg. Probably best and most honest statement he's made regarding the Sabres in a long time. He just won back a little bit of my lost faith with these words. Let's hope things turn around this fall. That's all we can really do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallawaySabres Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Not a chance in hell he wrote 1 word of that, not a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Not a chance in hell he wrote 1 word of that, not a chance. The capitalization of Season Ticket makes me suspect he did write it and told someone to "print it just like this." It's written in an authentic tone of voice. Perhaps Smell can offer a little more on the matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacque Richard Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 He should have given the season ticket holders a discount for renewing.his organization has been robbing the fans for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 I eagerly await to see where PA finds fault. No, you're right. No fault. I was hoping he would proceed from an admission of making mistakes to a full-on confession on the charge of meddling, but you can't have everything. One thing — how are non-STHers going to receive this message unless they're trolling message boards on the World Wide Web? P.S. — the letter Brawndo posted is the entirety of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GASabresIUFAN Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) The more I think about this it’s an empty gesture. He’s been raising prices for years as he team and organization got worse. The stadium is a mess, the in game experience is substandard. What he should have announced was lowering of the package price. He should have added that there will special incentives for renewing, like a discount for renewing early and maybe vouchers for concessions. He should have announced that the team will be doing more attendance oriented events at the games like giveaways etc.. he should have vowed to clean up and fix the stadium. He should have announced he is meeting with officials from other clubs on how to further enhance the in game experience. The letter was long on cliche and lacked any real substance other then the hollow gesture. Challenging the organization to be better is no longer enough. Then again the PSE Sabres never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity Edited April 20, 2018 by GASabresIUFAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 The more I think about this it’s an empty gesture. He’s been raising prices for years as he team and organization got worse. The stadium is a mess, the in game experience is substandard. What he should have announced was lowering of the package price. He should have added that there will special incentives for renewing, like a discount for renewing early and maybe vouchers for concessions. He should have announced that the team will be doing more attendance oriented events at the games like giveaways etc.. he should have vowed to clean up and fix the stadium. He should have announced he is meeting with officials from other clubs on how to further enhance the in game experience. The letter was long on cliche and lacked any real substance other then the hollow gesture. Challenging the organization to be better is no longer enough. Then again the PSE Sabres never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity He also failed to discover cold fusion. Probably because it would irritate his former fracking cronies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PASabreFan Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 He also failed to discover cold fusion. Probably because it would irritate his former fracking cronies. News flash: they're not former cronies. Terry is still in the bidness. http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/24/deep-hills-pennsylvania-terry-pegulas-world/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTS Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 The more I think about this it’s an empty gesture. He’s been raising prices for years as he team and organization got worse. The stadium is a mess, the in game experience is substandard. What he should have announced was lowering of the package price. He should have added that there will special incentives for renewing, like a discount for renewing early and maybe vouchers for concessions. He should have announced that the team will be doing more attendance oriented events at the games like giveaways etc.. he should have vowed to clean up and fix the stadium. He should have announced he is meeting with officials from other clubs on how to further enhance the in game experience. The letter was long on cliche and lacked any real substance other then the hollow gesture. Challenging the organization to be better is no longer enough. Then again the PSE Sabres never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity Bolded 1: It's almost as if we didn't just have a thread about this based on an article from only 16 days ago... http://buffalonews.com/2018/04/04/whats-next-for-buffalos-aging-keybank-center/ https://forums.sabrespace.com/topic/25717-game-experience-russ-brandon-weighs-in/ Bolded 2: What's the alternative? What makes it "enough" in your eyes? Any of the ideas you posted would have come from challenging your staff to be "better"... certainly not from asking them to care less. You lost me on your entire response at bolded 1 and cemented it with bolded 2. The sense from your response is that if he had said he was lowering ST prices by 5% next year you would have said it should have been 10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 News flash: they're not former cronies. Terry is still in the bidness. http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/24/deep-hills-pennsylvania-terry-pegulas-world/ I am not impressed with what this guy does. Yuri was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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