RayFinkle Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 For all those laughing at Carolina after they had sold out their home opener months ago and then released some extra tickets a couple of days before the game....open mouth, insert foot. (FYI, I friggin hate the Canes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I posted this in another thread: Was it a good idea to make the home opener a Gold game? From today's Buffalo News: For all the Sabres fans who took gleeful jabs at the Hurricanes' inability to sell out some of their playoff games, consider this: The Hurricanes sold out their home opener against the Sabres before tickets went on sale to the general public, giving them a standing-room only crowd of 18,840. The Sabres, as of Thursday afternoon, still had several hundred tickets available for tonight's home opener against the Montreal Canadiens. The Sabres classified it a "gold game" in their variable ticket-pricing structure, meaning seats cost a premium. HSBC Arena, whether it fills up or not, still should provide a wild scene tonight. "Our fans have been waiting all summer and have been geared up," Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said. "They turned out for our training camp and there was excitement around that, so I expect [tonight] there will be real good energy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshelfcookies Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 I also posted this in another thread... I'm thinking that if the game was rated Silver, it'd be sold out no problem. Still...it's the only gold game this month, and really the only one that warrants the "distinction". Plus, if there are only about 5-600 tickets available by Thursday night, I wouldn't be surprised to see the majority of them gone by gametime. I'm almost positive I remember hearing that last year the Sabres were doing about 1,200 in walk up sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickdraw Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 The Hurricanes sold out their home opener against the Sabres before tickets went on sale to the general public Haha, NO they didn't. There's a difference between claiming a game is sold out and then finding available tickets/seats on GAMEDAY and honestly selling out a game. Releasing tickets in waves and selling out the early waves is not truly selling out a game. They just sold out what was available at the time they made that claim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude_Verret Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Bottom line, does anyone truly believe that if the Sabres were raising a SC banner tonight that there would be tickets available through anything other than scalpers / ticket brokers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted October 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Haha, NO they didn't. There's a difference between claiming a game is sold out and then finding available tickets/seats on GAMEDAY and honestly selling out a game. Releasing tickets in waves and selling out the early waves is not truly selling out a game. They just sold out what was available at the time they made that claim. every professional sports team does this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Seats Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 They'll be sold out by gametime. People will be going out during their lunch breaks today to pick up the last hundred or so tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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