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Didn't look like renewals were getting any Raptors tickets and/or free jersey's either?
Holy crap. If you look at North End pricing for new season ticket holders after Feb 6, they are setting a retail value on these seats as $779 each. In 2012, those seats would have set a new STH back $591.
In 3 seasons, the price has gone up 32%.
And "Yellow" and "Light Grey" sold out for new season seat holders…??? Yeah that sounds about right. The cheapest pair for a new fan… $1,368 if you buy before Feb 6. $1,520 if you wait.
Where do I sign up???
Last edited by Pookie; 11-17-2014 at 04:20 PM.
^ and I like that traditional seat holders don't get access to "exclusive VIP events"… All for One… ?
Yeah, that will pretty much price me out of purchasing. I'll put my $100 deposit towards singles, and, purchase tickets elsewhere for $20 a seat...like this past season. I don't want to be totally negative...good that they didn't raise renewals, but, the constant friggin' gouging by MLSE has to stop. See how many actual "new ssh's" they get at those price points.
The strategy I can't understand is why they create two classes… maybe three… of season ticket holders. You've got the loyal ones that come every year. Then the new ones. And now this third tier of club seaters vs traditional seaters. This third tier is perplexing. Why, especially now, wouldn't they want to treat every season ticket holder as special?
As for the first two, I get that you might want to reward the long timers but as a former long timer, wouldn't it be more important to bring in new fans as equal customers? What if I just moved to Toronto and I buy a pair for hundreds more than the guy next to me. What if I am a graduating student and all you are offering me is a $+1,300 pair… which even if I can afford it, is hundreds more than the guy who might be sitting beside me.
How does this make any sense in terms of attracting and keeping customers?
The real fear is that once they find success… I know big assumption… that renewal pricing gap may disappear as speculated above by Detroit_TFC
New fans probably won't be told what the old pricing was. This looks to me like it's targetted at the existing SSH to say, "See, if you get rid of your season tickets now, you'll be paying a lot more when you want them back. And if not, well, I'm sure the people on the waiting list will take them at the new price point. We're still cheaper than Raptors or Leafs tickets." To me it smacks of holding SSHs for ransom. Someone should leak it to the Star.
WTF - I was looking forward to see another Raptors game this year!
Thoughts:
Wow, that top East side is WAAAY over priced for a section that is facing the TV cameras.
4 tiers? Why?
101, 102, 128,129 & 130 are now medium Grey?
East Field Side "boxes" as against the seats on the West Side
2016 - would not be surprised if there are section changes to the West Side
Oh did anybody else notice that if you refer 8+ people to get seasons this year, you get 2 seasons for 2016?
Scalpers are going to have fun with that.
What irks me is that it seems that the long time ssh are shut out of any dining/wining opportunities from new facilities. You can't keep your present seats and pay an extra fee to become a club member - giving you somewhere to grab a bite before or after the game.
MLSE has no sense that they own a football club. To them club is just a word on the end of the name of their franchise. They ignore that the strongest members of their club would be passionate supporters who have been dedicated to the club for years.
The design of the new facilities is pitched towards corporate boxes and future bandwagon fans (with lots of cash).
Typical MLSE - I suspect their tunnel club will be filled with folks who have never been to a game before and would not be capable of identifying a player.
I did not expect much from the redesign pitched towards existing ssh, but I did not expect a total shut-out either...
So wait... are season ticket prices nearly doubling for next season?
Last edited by brad; 11-17-2014 at 06:59 PM.
I was planning to move into the yellows from light grey... but there doesn't seem to be a relocation option? Is that not happening this year?
I blindly put down two deposits a month or two ago, hoping that something would be available in my price range. Now it looks like the black seating is all sold out and my next best bet is medium grey. I wonder if these will all magically sell out too, because if so, I've just lost my deposits.
^yeah February which pisses me off. I am losing my seats, but have to wait to relocate. It shows you how they treat day 1 season ticket holders. This is becoming a suits stadium with all these boxes, etc.
Where is everyone seeing sections being sold out? I must be missing a link on the renewal website somewhere?
I wonder if they realise the amount of scalpers who bought in last year hoping to make a hefty profit on the success? If those guys didn't make as much as they hoped, they'll be reducing their investment.
Would be nice to not see a wad of 50+ season tickets in scalper's hands. I get that MLSE has an....ahem...symbiotic relationship to those guys, but it still sticks in my craw that prices are being kept artificially high cause what amounts to a syndicate hope to make some coin off of desperate people.
The family of 4 price for tickets to these games is just waaay too high, compared to the rest of the league.