Got a nice little e-mail from the team today recapping 2013 and reminding me to renew my tix for 2014. Long story short:

"Opening of our beautiful new stadium, challenging time on the field, organization working very hard behind the scenes to fix the team, please be patient, we're the greatest fans in the league, thanks for your loyalty, please join us in 2014 when we move to the West and, oh yeah, we've jacked up ticket prices again."

Not that this wasn't expected but I was kind of hoping we'd get at least 2 or 3 seasons at the new place before being asked to fork over more $$ for tickets. Heck, 2 or 3 WINS at the new place at least. Still think the endzones are over priced and it looks like P7 got hit with the biggest hike, over $50 more for next season.

http://www.bluebombers.com/2014-season-ticket-centre

My mother, my brother are not renewing their season tickets and are probably gone forever

 

My sister canceled theirs this year because of hassles with customer service .... says she won't be back for a while 

 

I used to buy Pick 10 but I find the transportation on game day (as a non-parking-pass holder) just takes up too much of my time

 

Besides I am not a masochist (well maybe not)

 

I am waiting for big changes before I start buying tickets again ... for now, I prefer to suffer at home, privately

 

Is there any doubt our season ticket base will fall, not rise, for the 2014 season?

 

Transportation is easily one of the things the Bombers have done best.  With the exception of pre-season the park and ride system has been a delight.  I never have to hunt for a parking spot, basically never have to wait in traffic while driving (since the drive to the park and ride is basically traffic free) and have to wait little to no time for a bus.

I used to buy Pick 10 but I find the transportation on game day (as a non-parking-pass holder) just takes up too much of my time

 

I've been surprised to see how far people will walk to the games. I live just over the river from the stadium, (~35 minute walk) and there are dozen of cars parked in my neighbourhood on game days, including the last one. I figure it's good for Winnipeggers to have to leave their cars behind for a change.

 

Driving and parking at the old Polo location used to take me almost an hour each way, so now I'm on the plus end.

 

The last few games will be interesting, as I can imagine the number of cyclists will be dropping off rapidly, and the 30+ minute walks become less appealing.

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a  game now depending  on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

 

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a game now depending on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Looking at that map I find it intriguing that the Platinum seating is in the middle rows of the middle sections and the Silver in the middle of the red sections.

 

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a game now depending on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Looking at that map I find it intriguing that the Platinum seating is in the middle rows of the middle sections and the Silver in the middle of the red sections.

 

What's your thought on Stampeder pricing especially for game day seats? Fans here don't like it. It seems they make it an incentive to buy season tickets to the point of punishing the walk up crowd who don't. Casual fans are staying away by the thousands & season ticket sales are average at 21,000. This kind of price differential between season tickets & walk up to me is awful.

 

My mother, my brother are not renewing their season tickets and are probably gone forever

 

My sister canceled theirs this year because of hassles with customer service .... says she won't be back for a while 

 

I used to buy Pick 10 but I find the transportation on game day (as a non-parking-pass holder) just takes up too much of my time

 

Besides I am not a masochist (well maybe not)

 

I am waiting for big changes before I start buying tickets again ... for now, I prefer to suffer at home, privately

 

Is there any doubt our season ticket base will fall, not rise, for the 2014 season?

 

Transportation is easily one of the things the Bombers have done best.  With the exception of pre-season the park and ride system has been a delight.  I never have to hunt for a parking spot, basically never have to wait in traffic while driving (since the drive to the park and ride is basically traffic free) and have to wait little to no time for a bus.

 

Riding a bus nauseates me and takes recovery time before I feel ok again ... I would just as soon stay home

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a game now depending on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Looking at that map I find it intriguing that the Platinum seating is in the middle rows of the middle sections and the Silver in the middle of the red sections.

I agree. Does anyone know what row the Platinum seats start at?

I've said it before, but they need to adjust the plan for the 200 level prices so that there isn't a double price jump from the lower rows in one section to the next. (Eg. 205-206).

 

As someone who is on the cheaper end of that pricing, I say no thanks!

 

Then again, my season tickets wouldn't be in the same area next year so I guess it doesn't matter. I can't really stand the people in my section, so I'd be looking at moving if I buy.

 

 

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a game now depending on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Looking at that map I find it intriguing that the Platinum seating is in the middle rows of the middle sections and the Silver in the middle of the red sections.

 

What's your thought on Stampeder pricing especially for game day seats? Fans here don't like it. It seems they make it an incentive to buy season tickets to the point of punishing the walk up crowd who don't. Casual fans are staying away by the thousands & season ticket sales are average at 21,000. This kind of price differential between season tickets & walk up to me is awful.

 

 

There has got to be better middle ground than that.  Even if they reduced the single game tickets by 10-15% you'll probably get another 1-2k in walk-up traffic.  That's easily another $50k in gate revenue.

The other thing I noticed is the price jump from black to blue is ridiculous. $217 to sit marginally closer to the middle of the field seems a bit miscalculated.

 

I've said it before, but they need to adjust the plan for the 200 level prices so that there isn't a double price jump from the lower rows in one section to the next. (Eg. 205-206).

 

As someone who is on the cheaper end of that pricing, I say no thanks!

 

Then again, my season tickets wouldn't be in the same area next year so I guess it doesn't matter. I can't really stand the people in my section, so I'd be looking at moving if I buy.

 

IF I BUY: we have gone past the excitement stage with the stadium and we don't have the scarcity factor or the prestige of the Jets... the Blue have to actually provide entertainment 'value' instead of frustration and futility

 

Hosting the Grey Cup will be big for season ticket sales but I expect more 'price shock' that year

 

I suspect paying the building costs is playing a very heavy role in pricing decisions, more so than we suspect

 

The premium seats are going to sell but I am not so sure about the very expensive "cheap seats" next year ... that's where the discretionary consumer lives in this town

 

As for walkup pricing, I get annoyed at the agency fees, big time

 

How full do you think the end zone and corner seats will be next July?

Let's face it...end zone seats are end zone seats and that should be reflected in what they're asking to watch from there. Same with the corners.

Besides, what better way for the Org. to move forward and embrace the idea that better pricing opens IGF to more fans and potentially more sell outs.

 

 

 

Here are the prices for the Stampeders for comparison. Check this out. In Calgary, fans are decrying the cost of tickets. They feel that is why the Stamps attendance has monumentally sagged. The Stamps are sitting at about 21,000 season tickets. There's only a walk up crowd of about 3 - 6,000 a game now depending on who is playing & the weather. Except when the Riders come to town & the teams fans gobble up all the overpriced tickets. Remember when the CFL used to pride itself on being a family oriented league where ticket prices were affordable? Not anymore.

http://www.stampeders.com/season

Looking at that map I find it intriguing that the Platinum seating is in the middle rows of the middle sections and the Silver in the middle of the red sections.

 

What's your thought on Stampeder pricing especially for game day seats? Fans here don't like it. It seems they make it an incentive to buy season tickets to the point of punishing the walk up crowd who don't. Casual fans are staying away by the thousands & season ticket sales are average at 21,000. This kind of price differential between season tickets & walk up to me is awful.

 

 

There has got to be better middle ground than that.  Even if they reduced the single game tickets by 10-15% you'll probably get another 1-2k in walk-up traffic.  That's easily another $50k in gate revenue.

The other thing I noticed is the price jump from black to blue is ridiculous. $217 to sit marginally closer to the middle of the field seems a bit miscalculated.

 

Casual fans in Calgary are voting with their wallets & refusing to pay those outrageous game day prices. I say good on them. AS far as season ticket prices go here, one fan is complaining his seats have increased 37% the past 4 seasons & he's considering giving them up. Season ticket sales in Calgary are stagnant at 21,000. I've looked at prices across the league & I don't get what CFL teams are thinking. For the most part, prices for teams are too high. The Bombers are doing just what other teams are doing. Raising ticket prices.